Two children cross their hands in the fashion known as a “sedan chair.” A third child sits on their hands. The two sing the first line. One of them sings, “You’re the lock,” the other sings, “and I’m the key,” and as they sang the words they unclasped their hands and dropped their companion on the ground. Mr. J. P. Emslie writes, “My mother learned this from her mother, who was a native of St. Laurence, in the Isle of Thanet. The game possibly belongs to Kent.” Bicky In Somersetshire the game of “Hide and Seek.” To _bik’ee_ is for the seekers to go and lean their heads against a wall, so as not to see where the others go to hide.—Elworthy’s _Dialect_. See “Hide and Seek.” Biddy-base A Lincolnshire name for “Prisoner’s Base.”—Halliwell’s _Dictionary_; Peacock’s _Manley and Corringham Glossary_; Cole’s _S. W. Lincolnshire Glossary_. Biggly Name for “Blind Man’s Buff.”—Dickinson’s _Cumberland Glossary_. Billet The Derbyshire name for “Tip-cat.”—Halliwell’s _Dictionary_. Billy-base A name for “Prisoner’s Base.”—Halliwell’s _Dictionary_. Bingo [Music] —Leicestershire. [Music] —Hexham. [Music] —Derbyshire. [Music] —Earls Heaton, Yorks. [Music] —Enborne. I. The miller’s mill-dog lay at the mill-door, And his name was Little Bingo. B with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an O, And his name was Little Bingo. The miller he bought a cask of ale, And he called it right good Stingo. S with a T, T with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an O, And he called it right good Stingo. The miller he went to town one day, And he bought a wedding Ring-o! R with an I, I with an N, N with a G, G with an O, And he bought a wedding Ring-o! —Monton, Lancashire (Miss Dendy). II. A farmer’s dog lay on the floor, And Bingo was his name O! B, i, n, g, o, B, i, n, g, o, And Bingo was his name O! The farmer likes a glass of beer, I think he calls it Stingo! S, t, i, n, g, o, S, t, i, n, g, o! I think he calls it Stingo! S, t, i, n, g, O! I think he calls it Stingo! —Market Drayton, Ellesmere, Oswestry (Burne’s _Shropshire Folk-lore_, p. 513). III. There was a jolly farmer, And he had a jolly son, And his name was Bobby Bingo. BINGO, BINGO, BINGO, And Bingo was his name. —Liphook, Hants; Wakefield, Yorks (Miss Fowler). IV. There _was_ a farmer _had_ a dog, His name was Bobby Bingo. B-i-n-g-o, B-i-n-g-o, B-i-n-g-o, His name was Bobby Bingo. —Tean, Staffs.; and North Staffs. Potteries (Miss Keary). V. The farmer’s dog lay on the hearth, And Bingo was his name oh! B-i-n-g-o, B-i-n-g-o, B-i-n-g-o, And Bingo was his name oh! —Nottinghamshire (Miss Winfield).