Volume Ii Part 101 (2/2)

Rasima, Tasima, Tisima tay; Pray what is your will, sir?

My will is to get married.

Will any of my fair daughters do?

They're all as stiff as pokers.

We can bend as well as you, sir.

The duke goes round, chooses one, and sings-

I go to the kitchen, I go to the hall, I pick the fairest one of all (as previous versions).

-Girton Village, Cambridges.h.i.+re (Dr. A. C. Haddon).

Three Knights from Spain. [Vol. ii. pp. 257-279.]

A version of this game called ”Gipsies,” varies slightly from those previously printed.

Here comes one gipsy come from Spain, To call upon your daughter Jane;

Our daughter Jane is far too young, To be controlled by flattering tongue.

Oh, very well, I must away; I'll call again some other day.

Come back, come back, Your tails are flag, And choose the fairest one you see.

The gipsy then chooses a girl from the line of players, and asks her to come. The girl asked replies, ”No.” Then the gipsy turns round and dances, saying, ”Naughty girl, she won't come out (repeat), to help me in my dancing.” Again the gipsy asks the girl, when she replies, ”Yes,”

and goes to the gipsy, who says, ”Now we have got the flower of May, the flower of May, &c., to help us with our dancing.”-Auchencairn, N.

B. (Mary Haddon).

Tug-of-War Game.

Apples and oranges, two for a penny, Come all ye good scholars, buy ever so many.

Come choose the east, come choose the west, Come choose the one you love the best.

Played like ”Oranges and Lemons.” One child is ”Apple,” and another ”Orange.”-Ross-s.h.i.+re (Rev. Dr. Gregor).

Played in the same way is-

Pancakes and flitters is the wax of cantailers,[18]

I owe you two farthings, I'll pay you to-morrow; Here comes a candle to light you to bed, Here comes a hatchet to chop off your head.

-Isle of Man (A. W. Moore).

[18] Mr. Moore says he does not know the meaning of this word.

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