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NETTLES—NEW SQUAT |
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Nettles
Nettles grow in an angry bush,
An angry bush, an angry bush ;
Nettles grow in an angry bush,
With my high, ho, ham!
This is the way the lady goes, The lady goes, the lady goes ; This is the way the lady goes, With my hi, ho, ham !
Nettles grow in an angry bush, &c.
This is the way the gentleman goes, &c.
Nettles grow in an angry bush, &c.
This is the way the tailor goes.
—Halliwell's Nursery Rhymes, 227.
(b) The children dance round, singing the first three lines, turning round and clapping hands for the fourth line. They curtsey while saying, "This is the way the lady goes," and again turn round and clap hands for the last line. The same process is followed in every verse, only varying what they act —thus, in the third verse, they bow for the gentleman—and so the amusement is protracted ad libitum, with shoemaking, washing clothes, ironing, churning, milking, making up butter, &c, &c.
(c) This game is practically the same as the "Mulberry Bush." The action is carried on in the same way, except that the children clap their hands at the fourth line, instead of each turning themselves round, as in " Mulberry Bush." The "High, ho, ham !" termination may be the same as the " I, O, OM " of Mr. Addy's version of " Milking Pails."
See "Mulberry Bush," "When I was a Young Girl."
New Squat
A ring is made by marking the ground, and a tin placed in the middle of it. One boy acts as keeper of the tin, the other players also stand outside the ring. One of these kicks the tin out of the ring, the others then all run to hide or squat out of |
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