The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2): With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc.Gomme, Alice Bertha
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The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2): With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc.
Gomme, Alice Bertha
Folklore -- Great Britain; Games -- Great Britain
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|No.| Belfast. | Halliwell’s Version | Crockham Hill. |
| | | (No. 2). | |
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| 1.| — | — |Draw a bucket of |
| | | |water. |
| 2.|Sift the lady’s |Sieve my lady’s | — |
| |oatmeal. |oatmeal. | |
| 3.|Sift it into flour. |Grind my lady’s flour.| — |
| 4.| — | — |For a lady’s daughter.|
| 5.| — | — | — |
| 6.|Put it in a chest of |Put it in a chestnut. | — |
| |drawers. | | |
| 7.|Let it lie an hour. |Let it stand an hour. | — |
| 8.| — | | — |
| 9.| — | — | — |
|10.| — | — | — |
|11.| — | — | — |
|12.|One of my rush, two of|One may rush, two may |One in a bush, two in |
| |my rush. |rush. |a bush, three in a |
| | | |bush, four in a bush. |
|13.| — | — | — |
|14.|Please, young lady, |Come, my girls, walk | — |
| |come under my bush. |under the bush. | |
|15.|My bush is too high, | — | — |
| |my bush is too low. | | |
|16.|Please, young lady, | — | — |
| |come under my bow. | | |
|17.|Stir up the dumpling. | — | — |
|18.| — | — |And out you go. |
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