There is also another game of this kind where they sort themselves into two parties called ORANGES AND LEMONS to the song of Oranges and Lemons Bells of Saint Clement’s-- Everybody knows that! In fact, children are not particular what they play at-- “I Can Play at Whipping top also i Play Hoopla. And i Play at Darts. And have a game at horses. And i Play at hide and seek and i play with Cherry stones. And i Play at skiping rope and Jumping over the rope. And i like a game of Boxing and i like a game of foot Ball and i like a game of Cricket. And i like a game of rounders and i Play a Game of Blow Cards and i play Pigy Backs and i play at Going up on your hands against the wall. i Play at racing. i Play Drawfs i Play with my hoop and Stick i Play at Soldiers....” And other children’s sports are MARY, MARY and WEEK DAYS (a ball-game played by eight of them) and another one called SHEEP, SHEEP COME HOME, where one line of children represents the sheep, and another line the wolves; and behind the wolves stands the sheeps’ mother--many of these games are “mother-games”--who calls the sheep; but as they run to her they are caught by the wolves. It goes like this: “Sheep Sheep come home, Afraid. What off. The Wolfs. Wolfs gone to Devenshire Wont be home for seven year Sheep Sheep come home--” and DAN, DAN THREAD YOU NEEDLE and WILL YOU GIVE US BREAD AND WINE and GRANDMOTHER, GRANDMOTHER GRAY, May I go out to play? I won’t go near the water To drive the ducks away-- and MOTHER MAY I GO OUT? No, it’s raining. No, it ain’t. Oh, all right then. Mother, I can’t get over the water. Well, swim. Can’t. Ride on a duck’s back-- Quack! Quack! Where have you been? To Grandma’s. What did she give you? Slice of bread as big as my head, Lump of cheese as big as my knees, Glass of wine as big as my eyne, And a rusty farthing to go home with. Where’s my share? Up in the air. How shall I get it? Stand on a broken chair. Supposing I fall? Serve you right, For getting drunk on a Saturday night (the mother runs after the children and the first one caught takes her place)-- and TWINKLE TWINKLE LITTLE STAR (ring-game) and MATCH and RING-A-RING O’ ROSES and CHERRY-OGS (or CHERRY-BOBS) and CHERRY-PIES. That reminds me that the last two must not be mixed up with CHERRY-BOB ARCH, a gambling game for bigger lads, quite simple but rather risky, played with cherry-stones and the lid of an old wooden box in which spaces and numbers have been marked out. You throw and--well, you must ask some of the boys higher up the street....