One, two, buckle my shoe, Three, four, knock at the door, Five, six, pick up sticks, Seven, eight, lay them straight, Nine, ten, a good fat hen, Eleven, twelve, ring the bell, Thirteen, fourteen, maids a courting, Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen, Seventeen, eighteen, mistress waiting, Nineteen, twenty, my plate’s empty. One, two, three, four, Mary at the cottage door, Eating cherries off a plate, Five, six, seven, eight. Up the ladder, down the wall, A twopenny loaf to serve us all; You buy milk and I’ll buy flour, And we’ll have pudding in half an hour. One, two, three, four, five, six, &c. This year, next year, some time, never, repeated. A, B, C, D, E, &c., repeated for the initial letter of the future husband’s name. Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, apothecary, ploughboy, thief, for future husband’s vocation. Monday, Tuesday, &c., for the wedding day. Silk, satin, cotton, rags, for the material of the wedding gown. Coach, carriage, wheelbarrow, dungcart, for conveyance on wedding day. Big house, little house, pigsty, barn, for future home.—(A. B. Gomme.) It will be seen that many of these divination formulæ are used in other connections than that of “Shuttlecock,” but this rather emphasises the divinatory character of the game in its original form.—See “Ball,” “Teesty-tosty.” Shuvvy-Hawle A boys’ game at marbles. A small hole is made in the ground, and marbles are pushed in turn with the side of the first finger; these are won by the player pushing them into the shuvvy-hawle.—Lowsley’s _Berkshire Glossary_. Silly Old Man [Music] —Leicester (Miss Ellis). [Music] —Monton, Lancashire (Miss Dendy). I. Silly old man, he’s all alone, He wants a wife and can’t get one; Round and round and choose a good one, Or else choose none. This young couple are married together, Their fathers and mothers they must obey; Love one another like sister and brother, And down on their knees and kiss one another. —Leicester (Miss Ellis). II. Silly old man, he walks alone, He walks alone, he walks alone; Silly old man, he walks alone, He wants a wife and can’t get one. All go round and choose your own, Choose your own, choose your own; All go round and choose your own, And choose a good one or else choose none. Now young couple you’re married together, Married together, married together; Now young couple you’re married together, Your father and mother you must obey. So love one another like sister and brother, And now young couple pray kiss together. —Lancashire (_Notes and Queries_, 5th series, iv. 157).