The players stand in a row. The child at the head of the row says, “My son Obadiah is going to be married, twiddle your thumbs,” suiting the action to the word by clasping the fingers of both hands together, and rapidly “twiddling” the thumbs. The next child repeats both words and actions, and so on all along the row, all the players continuing the “twiddling.” The top child repeats the words, adding (very gravely), “Fall on one knee,” the whole row follows suit as before (still twiddling their thumbs). The top child repeats from the beginning, adding, “Do as you see me,” and the rest of the children follow suit, as before. Just as the last child repeats the words, the top child falls on the child next to her, and all go down like a row of ninepins. The whole is said in a sing-song way. This game was, so far as I can ascertain, truly East Anglian. I have never been able to hear of it in other parts of England or Wales.—Bexley Heath (Miss Morris). Also played in London. See “Solomon.” Odd or Even A boys’ game, played with buttons, marbles, and halfpence. Peacock’s _Manley and Corringham Glossary_; also mentioned in Brogden’s _Provincial Words (Lincolnshire)_. Mr. Patterson says (_Antrim and Down Glossary_)—A boy shuts up a few small objects, such as marbles, in one hand, and asks his opponent to guess if the number is odd or even. He then either pays or receives one, according as the guess is right or wrong. Strutt describes this game in the same way, and says it was played in ancient Greece and Rome. Newell (_Games_, p. 147) also mentions it. See “Prickie and Jockie.” Odd-man A game played with coins. Brogden’s _Provincial Words, Lincolnshire_. Old Dame I. I’ll away to t’beck to wash my neck, When I get there, I’ll ask t’ould dame what o’clock it is? It’s one, and you’ll be hanged at two. I’ll away to t’beck to wash my neck, When I get there, I’ll ask t’ould dame what o’clock it is? It’s two, and you’ll be hanged at three. [This is repeated until the old woman says, “It’s eleven, and you’ll be hanged at twelve.”] —Yorkshire (Miss E. Cadman). II. To Beccles, to Beccles, To buy a bunch of nettles, Pray, old dame, what’s o’clock? One, going for two. To Beccles, to Beccles, To buy a bunch of nettles, Pray, old dame, what’s o’clock? Two, going for three, &c. [And so on until “eleven going for twelve” is said, then the following:—] Where have you been? To the wood. What for? To pick up sticks. What for? To light my fire. What for? To boil my kettle. What for? To cook some of your chickens. —Halliwell, _Nursery Rhymes_, p. 229.