We may add here an unnamed amusement for school-girls, which consists in joining hands behind the back (giving the right hand to the left hand of a partner), and then turning, while retaining the hold, so as to stand facing each other. This movement is then repeated until the couple whirl about with considerable rapidity. IX. _MIRTH AND JEST._ --fulle stuffed a male Of disportes and newe pleyes. _Chaucer's Dreme._ No. 75. +_Club Fist._+ A child lays on a table his clenched fist, with the thumb elevated; another grasps the raised thumb with his own fist, and so on until a pile of fists is built up. A player, who remains apart from the group, then addresses the child whose hand is at the top: "What's that?" "A pear." "Take it off or I'll knock it off." The same conversation is repeated with the next child, and so on; the fist being withdrawn as speedily as possible, to escape a rap from the questioner. When only one is left, the following dialogue ensues: "What have you got there?" "Bread and cheese." "Where's my share?" "Cat's got it." "Where's the cat?" "In the woods." "Where's the woods?" "Fire burned it." "Where's the fire?" "Water quenched it." "Where's the water?" "Ox drank it." "Where's the ox?" "Butcher killed it." "Where's the butcher?" "Rope hung him." "Where's the rope?" "Rat gnawed it." "Where's the rat?" "Cat caught it." "Where's the cat?" "Behind the church-door. The first who laughs, or grins, or shows the teeth has three pinches and three knocks." Then follows a general scattering; for some child is sure to laugh, and if he does not do so of his own accord, his neighbors will certainly tweak him, poke him, or otherwise excite his risibility. _Georgia._ In Pennsylvania the conversation ends: "Where's the butcher?" "He's behind the door cracking nuts, and whoever speaks first I'll slap his fingers, Because I am the keeper of the keys, And I do whatever I please." This dialogue, based on a well-known nursery tale, has maintained itself with remarkable persistence, and even verbal identity, in several European languages. We meet it in Germany and Denmark, as well as England. No. 76. _Robin's Alive._