At the last word the pencil is brought down; if the point of the pencil falls on a space, the number there written is scored; if on a line, or outside the circle, or on a number previously secured (and erased by a line), the turn is forfeited. The game is continued until a certain number has been scored by the winning player. _Georgia._ No. 86. _Catches._ "I went up one pair of stairs." "Just like me." "There was a monkey." "Just like me." "I one'd it." "I two'd it," etc. "I ate [eight] it." This (to children) exquisitely witty dialogue has its German counterpart.--"I went into the wood." "So did I." "I took an axe." "So did I." "I made a trough." "So did I." "Seven pigs ate of it." "So did I."[93] Equally well known is the jest, "I am a gold lock," "I am a gold key," etc.--ending "I am a monk-lock," "I am a mon-key." We may mention also a familiar catch, "Say my cat, my cat, and not my dog." "My dog" must not be spoken. Of a different character are the following jests: The lights being extinguished, a knife is passed round the circle of players, and the following conversation ensues, each phrase being continued from left to right of the ring: "What's this?" "A dagger." "Where did you get it?" "Stole it." "What was done with it?" All of the company who understand the jest shriek aloud, which accomplishes the object of terrifying the rest. Somewhat similar (in New York) is the following: "Neighbor, I've got a hatchet to sell." "Did you buy it?" "No." "Did you steal it?" "Sh--" In the following conversation, one sentence at a time is repeated in a whisper to the left-hand neighbor, and so passed round the circle, the fun consisting in the imitation of crowing at the end. "Hath she feathers?" "Feathers she hath." "Doth she crow?" "Crow she doth." "How doth she crow?" (An imitation of crowing follows.) No. 87. _Intery Mintery._ An evening amusement formerly common in Massachusetts. All present laid their hands with fingers resting on the knees. The speaker then told off the words of the rhyme, one for each finger. The rhyme being thus recited, that finger to which the last syllable fell must be quickly withdrawn, on penalty of being sharply rapped by the hand of the leader. After all had been counted out but one person, he or she was liable to the same risk for every word of the rhyme--the result of which situation is alluded to by the epithet "black finger." Intery mintery cutery corn, Apple-seed and apple-thorn, Wire, briar, limber lock, Twelve geese in a flock; Sit and sing by a spring, O-u-t spells out, and in again. Over yonder steep hills, Where my father he dwells, He has jewels, he has rings, And very many pretty things. Strike Jack, lick Tom, Blow the bellows, Black finger--out-of-the-game. No. 88. _Redeeming Forfeits._