+----+----------------------+ | No.| Sheffield. | +----+----------------------+ | 1.| — | | 2.|Stepping up the green | | |grass. | | 3.|Thus, and thus, and | | |thus. | | 4.| — | | 5.| — | | 6.|Will you let one of | | |your fair maids. | | 7.|Come and play with us.| | 8.| — | | 9.| — | | 10.| — | | 11.| — | | 12.| — | | 13.|We will give you pots | | |and pans. | | 14.|..... brass. | | 15.|..... gold and silver.| | 16.|..... pearl. | | 17.|..... anything. | | 18.| — | | 19.|For a pretty lass. | | 20.| — | | 21.| — | | 22.| — | | 23.| — | |[8.]| — | | 24.|You shall have a nice | | |young man. | | 25.| — | | 26.| — | | 27.| — | | 28.|Born for your sake. | | 29.| — | | 30.| — | | 31.| — | | 32.| — | | 33.| — | | 34.| — | | 35.|Bells shall ring, cats| | |shall sing. | | 36.| — | | 37.|We’ll all clap hands | | |together. | | 38.| — | | 39.| — | | 40.| — | | 41.| — | | 42.| — | | 43.| — | | 44.| — | | 45.| — | | 46.| — | +----+----------------------+ (_e_) Henderson, in describing the curious rites accompanying the saining or blessing of a corpse in the Scottish Lowlands, states that empty dishes are arranged on the hearth as near as possible to the fire, and after certain ceremonies in connection therewith have been performed, the company join hands and dance round the dishes, singing this burden:— A dis, a dis, a dis, A green griss; A dis, a dis, a dis. —_Folk-lore of Northern Counties_, p. 54. This rhyme is, it will be seen, the same as the first two lines of the game, the word “griss” in the burial-rhyme becoming “grass” in the game-rhyme, “grisse” being the old form for “grass” or herb (Halliwell, _Provincial Glossary_, quotes a MS. authority for this). This identification of the game-rhyme would suggest that the game originally was a child’s dramatic imitation of an old burial ceremony, and it remains to be seen whether the signification of the words would carry out this idea.