Mother Gooses Nursery Rhymes Tales And Jingles Complete Edition With Notes
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A GAME AT BALL. CUCKOO, cherry-tree, Let the tree be high or low, Catch a bird, and give it to Let it hail, rain, or snow, me; GAMES. 195 BARLEY-BRIDGE. A STRINS of beys and girls, each holding by his predecessor's skirt*, approaches two others, who, with joined and elevated hands, form a double arch. After the dialogue is concluded, the line passes through the arch, and the last is caught, if possible, by the sudden lowering of the arms. "How many miles to Barley bridge?" "Threescore and ten. ..." "Can I get there by candlelight?" "Yes, if your legs be long. " "A courtesy to you, and a courtesy to you, If you please will you let the King's horses through?" ' ' Through and through shall they go, For the King's sake; But the one that is hindmost Will meet with a great mistake. " THE game of water-skimming is of high antiquity, being mentioned by Julius Pollux, and also by Eustathius, in his commentary upon Homer. Brand quotes a curious passage from Minucius Felix ; but all antiquaries seem to have overlooked the very curious notice in Higgins' adaptation of Junius's " Nomenclator, " 8vo, London, 1585, p.
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