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find a seat has to become the " snap-tongs " next time.—Shropshire Folk-lore, p. 525.
Nacks
A game in which pegs of wood play a similar part to the well-known object "Aunt Sally."—Robinson's Mid Yorkshire Glossary.
Namers and Guessers
Any number of players can play this game. Two are chosen, the one to be Namer, and the other Guesser or Witch. The rest of the players range themselves in a row. The Guesser retires out of sight or to a distance. The Namer then gives each player a secret name. When names have been given to all the players, the Namer calls on the Guesser to come, by saying— Witchie, witchie, yer bannocks are burnin', An' ready for turnin'. Whereupon he approaches, and the Namer says—
Come, chois me out, come, chois me in, to------
(naming one by the assumed name). The players all shout, " Tack me, tack me," repeatedly. The Witch points to one. If the guess is correct the player goes to the Witch's side, but if it is incorrect he goes to the Namer's side. This goes on till all the players are ranged on the one side or the other. The two parties then come to a tug, with the Namer and Guesser as leaders. The gaining party then ranges itself in two lines with a space between the lines, each boy holding in his hand his cap or his handkerchief tightly plaited. The boys of the conquered side have then to run between the two lines, and are pelted by the victors. This is called, "Throuw the Muir o' Hecklepin."—Keith (Rev. W. Gregor).
This game is practically the same as " Fool, Fool, come to School," but the secret naming may indicate that this belongs to an earlier form.
See " Fool, Fool," " Hecklebirnie."
Neighbour
There is a game called " Neighbour, I torment thee," played in Staffordshire, " with two hands, and two feet, and a bob, and a nod as I do."—Halliwell's Dictionary. |
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