“Tut-ball,”[12] as played at a young ladies’ school at Shiffnal fifty years ago. The players stood together in their “den,” behind a line marked on the ground, all except one, who was “out,” and who stood at a distance and threw the ball to them. One of the players in the den then hit back the ball with the palm of the hand, and immediately ran to one of three brickbats, called “tuts,” which were set up at equal distances on the ground, in such positions that a player running past them all would describe a complete circle by the time she returned to the den. The player who was “out” tried to catch the ball, and to hit the runner with it while passing from one “tut” to another. If she succeeded in doing so, she took her place in the den, and the other went “out” in her stead. This game is very nearly identical with “rounders.”—_Shropshire Folk-lore_, p. 524. A game at ball, now only played by boys, but half a century ago by adults on Ash Wednesday, believing that unless they did so they would fall sick in harvest time. This is a very ancient game, and was elsewhere called “Stool-ball,” indulged in by the clergy as well as laity to avert misfortune.—Ross and Stead’s _Holderness Glossary_. The game is not described. Addy (_Sheffield Glossary_) says this game is the same as “Pize-ball.” Halliwell (_Dictionary_) says it is a sort of “Stob-ball Play.” See “Cat and Dog,” “Rounders,” “Stool Ball.” [12] _Tut_, a prominence, from A. S. _tótian_, whence also E. _tout_, q.v.—W. W. S. Twelve Days of Christmas [Music] —Rimbault’s _Nursery Rhymes_. I. The first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me A partridge in a pear-tree. The second day of Xmas, my true love sent to me Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear-tree. The third day of Xmas, my true love sent to me Three French hens and two turtle doves and A partridge in a pear-tree. The fourth day of Xmas, my true love sent to me Four colly birds, three French hens, two turtle doves, and A partridge in a pear-tree. The fifth day of Xmas, my true love sent to me Five gold rings, four colly birds, three French hens, Two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear-tree. The sixth day of Xmas, my true love sent to me Six geese a-laying, five gold rings, Four colly birds, three French hens, Two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear-tree. The seventh day of Xmas, my true love sent to me Seven swans a-swimming, Six geese a-laying, five gold rings, Four colly birds, three French hens, Two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear-tree.