We will not undertake to decide whether the reported coincidence of the Latin and English formulas is a genuine example of transmission. The game, however, and the question, "How many?" have certainly endured for two thousand years, and very likely existed as long before the days of Petronius, or from a time as remote as that to which can be traced the more complicated game of "Morra." No. 94. _Right or Left._ A common way of deciding a dispute, selecting players, or determining who shall begin a game, is to take a pebble or other object in the closed fist, and make a comrade guess in which hand it is contained. The old-fashioned way of holding the hands, both in England and Germany, was to place one fist on top of the other; and a like usage formerly prevailed in New England, though we have not met with the English rhyme: Handy-dandy riddledy ro, Which will you have, high or low? No. 95. _Under which Finger?_ A child takes a bean in the hand, closes it, and asks a companion to guess under which finger it lies; if the latter fails, he must pay a bean. No. 96. _Comes, it Comes._ A simple guessing-game, familiar to children in New England. One child of the party says to another, "It comes, it comes." The player addressed replies, "What do you come by?" The first replies by naming the initial letter of some object in the room; if, for instance, it is the table he has in mind, he says, "I come by T." The rest must now guess what thing, beginning with this letter, is meant. No. 97. _Hold Fast My Gold Ring._ The children sit in a circle, with hands closed; one takes the ring, and goes around with it, tapping the closed fists of the players as if inserting the ring, and saying: Biddy, biddy, hold fast my gold ring, Till I go to London, and come back again. Each child, in turn, is then required to guess who has the ring, and, if successful, takes the leader's place; if unsuccessful, he pays forfeit. _Georgia._ This is known in Massachusetts as, Button, button, who's got the button? Another form of the question is, "Fox, fox, who's got the box?" In England the game goes, My lady's lost her diamond ring, I pitch on you to find it. No. 98. _My Lady Queen Anne._ A ball is concealed with some one of the children who form the circle. A girl is placed in the centre, and a dialogue ensues; the ring singing: "My lady Queen Anne, She sits in the sun, As fair as a lily, As brown as a bun. The king sends you three letters, and bids you read one." The girl answers: "I cannot read one unless I read all, So pray, Mr. [or Miss] ----, deliver the ball." If the person named has the ball, he or she takes her place; if not, she continues as before. In England, a rhyme is given for the latter case: