Our child's game was doubtless imported by Huguenot immigrants, who established themselves in the states referred to two centuries since, where they long preserved their language and customs, and from whom many well-known families are descended. FOOTNOTES: [83] Played also on buttons. A friend informs us that, as a child, he had his buttons altered, in order that the oracle might return an agreeable response. [84] In Cambridge, Mass. [85] Dans ma main droite je tiens rosier, Qui fleurira, qui fleurira, Qui fleurira au mois de Mai. Entrez en danse, joli rosier, Et embrassez qui vous plaira. --_Canadian Round._ [86] So recited. [87] A French version: Au dedans Paris, Vous ne savez ce qu'il y a? Il y a-t-un bois, C'est le plus beau bois Parmi tous les bois; Le bois est dans Paris. Ah! le joli bois, Madame; Ah! le joli bois! * * * * * Il y a-t-une plume, C'est la plus belle plume De toutes les plumes; La plume est sur l'oiseau, L'oiseau est dans l'oeuf, L'oeuf est dans le nid, Le nid est sur la feuille, La feuille est sur la branche, L'arbre est dans le bois. Ah! le joli bois, Madame; Ah! le joli bois! [88] The custom has been supposed to be derived from the ancient Roman usage of gathering _green_ on the calends of May, with which to decorate the house. VI. _BIRD AND BEAST._ "My brother, the hare,... my sisters, the doves...." _St. Francis of Assisi._ No. 48. _My Household._ The names of animals being distributed among children, one, in the centre of the ring, sings the words; at the proper point the child who represents the animal must imitate its cry; and as at each verse the animals who have already figured join in, the game becomes rather noisy. I had a little rooster, and my rooster pleased me, I fed my rooster beneath that tree; My rooster went--Cookery-cooery! Other folks feed their rooster, I feed my rooster too. I had a little lamb, and my lamb pleased me, I fed my lamb beneath that tree; My lamb went--Ma--a--a! Other folks feed their lamb, I feed my lamb too. And so on with the names of other beasts. _Georgia._ In another version, it is under the "green bay-tree" (_Magnolia glauca_) that the animals are stabled. * * * * *