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A game where boys mount over each other's heads.-Halliwell's _Dictionary_.

See ”c.o.c.kertie-hooie.”

c.o.c.k-steddling

A boyish game mentioned but not described by Cope in his _Hamps.h.i.+re Glossary_. He gives as authority _Portsmouth Telegraph_, 27th September 1873.

Codlings

A game among youngsters similar to ”Cricket,” a short piece of wood being struck up by a long stick instead of a ball by a bat. Also called ”Tip and Go” or ”Tip and Slash.”-Robinson's _Whitby Glossary_.

See ”Cudgel.”

Cogger

A striped snail sh.e.l.l. It is a common boyish pastime to hold one of these sh.e.l.ls between the last joints of the bent fingers, and forcibly press the apex against another held in a similar manner by an opponent, until one of them, by dint of persevering pressure, forces its way into the other; and the one which in these contests has gained the most victories is termed the Conqueror, and is highly valued (Northamptons.h.i.+re, Baker's _Glossary_). The game is known as ”Fighting c.o.c.ks” in Evans' _Leicesters.h.i.+re Glossary_. In London it was played with walnut sh.e.l.ls.

Cogs

The top stone of a pile is pelted by a stone flung from a given distance, and the more hits, or ”cogglings off,” the greater the player's score.-Robinson's _Whitby Glossary_.

Apparently the same game as ”c.o.c.kly-jock.”

Common

A game played with a ball and crooked stick (cut from a tree or hedge), with a crook at the end (same game as ”Hurl”).-Dublin (Mrs. Lincoln).

Mr. Patterson (_Antrim and Down Glossary_) mentions this as ”Hockey;”

the same as ”s.h.i.+nney.” ”Called in some districts,” he adds, ”'Comun' and 'Kamman,' from the Irish name for the game.”

Conkers

The same game as ”Cogger.” The game is more generally called ”playin at sneel-sh.e.l.ls.”-Ross and Stead's _Holderness Glossary_.

Conquerors or Conkers

I. Cobbly co!

My first blow!

Put down your black hat, And let me have first smack!

-Burne's _Shrops.h.i.+re Folk-lore_, p. 531.

II. Obli, obli O, my first go; And when the nut is struck, Obli, obli onker, my nut will conquer.

-_Notes and Queries_, 5th series, x. 378.