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They built a house in yonder hill, And covered it with rashes. Rashes, rashes, rashes ! At each repetition of the word " rashes " (rushes) they loosen hands, and each picking up a lot of rushes, throw them into the air, so that they may fall on every one in the descent. Many of the articles made with rushes are hung over the chimney-piece in houses, and in children's bedrooms, as ornaments or samples of skill, and there remain until the next season, or until the general cleaning at Christmas.—Thomas Radcliffe, in "Long Ago," vol. i. p. 49 (1873).
Queen Anne. [Vol. ii. pp. 90-102.]
Lady Queen Anne, she sits in her pan,
As fair as a lilly, as white as a lamb;
Come tittle, come tattle, come tell me this tale,
Which of these ladies doth carry the ball ?
My father sent me three letters, please deliver the ball.
If a correct guess is made by the opposite side, the queen and the child who had the ball say—
The ball is mine, it is not yours, You may go to the garden and pick more flowers.
—Isle of Man (A. W. Moore).
Sally Water. [Vol. ii. pp. 150-179.]
Sally, Sally, Walker, sprinkling in a pan,
Rye, Sally; rye, Sally, for a young man,
Come, choose to the east, come, choose to the west,
And come choose to the very one that you love best.
The choice is made here, and the two stand in the centre as usual.
Now there's a couple married in joy, First a girl and then a boy.
------made a pudding nice and sweet,
------took a knife and tasted it.
Taste, love; taste, love, don't say no, Next Monday morning is our marriage day. |
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