and then they begin with A. B. C., and all through the alphabet, a skip with each letter; and when they have found the sweetheart’s name they have to discover when they are to be married, and how many rings, and how many brooches, and in what clothes, and in what carriage, and how many kisses, and in what house they will live, and how many children--all in the same alphabetical manner; so that, if this game were ever properly finished, it would take at least a month’s hard skipping. Others of them end either with the numbers 1, 2, 3, etc.; or with penny, tuppence, threepence, etc.; or with the things in the cruet-stand (salt, mustard, vinegar, pepper); or with the days of the week, or the months of the year. Here are a few of these chants:[G]-- I had a dolly dressed in green, I didn’t like her--I gave her to the Queen-- The Queen didn’t like her--she gave her to the cat-- The cat didn’t like her, because she wasn’t fat. or Sally go round the moon, Sally, Sally go round the sun. Sally go round the ominlebus On a Sunday afternoon. or Dancing Dolly had no sense, She bought a fiddle for eighteen pence-- And all the tune that she could play Was “Over the hills and far away.” (_Or_: “Sally get out of the donkey’s way.”) (_Or_: “Take my dolly and fire away.”) or Eaper Weaper, chimbley-sweeper, Had a wife but couldn’t keep her, Had anovver, didn’t love her, Up the chimbley he did shove her. or Do you like silver and gold? Do you like brass? Do you like looking through The looking-glass? Yes I like silver and gold, Yes I like brass, etc. or (an old one) As I was walking through the City, Half past eight o’clock at night, There I met a Spanish lady Washing out her clothes at night. First she rubbed them, then she scrubbed them, Then she hung them out to dry, Then she laid her hands upon them, Said: I wish my clothes were dry. or Policeman, policeman, don’t touch me, I have a wife and a family. How many children have you got? Five and twenty is my lot, Is my lot, is my lot, Five and twenty is my lot. or Pounds, shillings and pence, The monkey jumped over the fence. The fence gave way, and the man had to pay Pounds, shillings and pence.[H] or I went down the lane to buy a penny whistle, A copper come by and pinch my penny whistle. I ask him for it back, he said he hadn’t got it-- Hi, Hi, Curlywig, you’ve got it in your pocket. or I’ll tell Ma when I get home That the boys won’t leave me alone. They pull my hair and break my comb, I’ll tell Ma when I get home. or (for a shuttlecock-game) Sam, Sam, dirty old man, Washed his face in a frying pan, Combed his hair with the leg of a chair-- Sam, Sam, dirty old man. or