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JUVENILE GAMES 
 
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 LISHED BY JAMES CI.ARK 
 
JUVENILE GAMES. 
 
 We shall introduce the Games with 
 certain curious Rhymes, repealed 
 by oldNurses to amuse children. 
 
 As I went up the Brandy lull, 
 I met my father wi' gude will ; 
 He had jewels, he had rings, 
 He had mony braw things ; 
 He'd a cat and nine tails, 
 He'd a hammer wantin' nails : 
 Up Jock, down Tarn, 
 Blaw the bellows, auld man. 
 
Zickety, dickety, dockj 
 The mouse ran up the clock ; 
 The clock struck one, 
 Down the mouse ran ; 
 Zickety, dickety, dock. 
 
 London bridge is broken down — 
 We're a' maidens here but ane — 
 This is the way the ladies bake— 
 Here we go^ by gingo ring, &c. 
 
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 The cuckoo's a bonny bird, 
 She sings as she flies, 
 
 She brings us good tidings, 
 And tells us no lies. 
 
 She sucks little birds' eggs 
 To make her voice clear, 
 
 And never cries Cuckoo ! 
 Till spring-time of the year. 
 
 Baby, baby bunting, ^ 
 Daddy's gone a-hunting. 
 To get a little hare's skin, 
 To wrap the baby bunting in. 
 
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 SHUTTLECOCK. 
 
 This ffame is played with a battledore 
 and a shuttlecock. The shuttlecock is 
 struck from one to another a certain 
 number of times. The game is more pe- 
 
 culiar to England. .^ a i..r 
 
 The (jolf is most used m Scotland by 
 men, and the shinty by boys. The shmty 
 is played in two divisions ; who attempt 
 to drive the ball in opposite directions. 
 When the ball reaches the appointed 
 place, the boys cry haih winch stops the 
 play, till it is knocked off agam by the 
 bov who drove it past the gog* 
 
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 Playing at the ball, or stoUha\ is also 
 a favourite game, and the halls called 
 penny Heriotters^ were at one time very 
 celebrated. These balls were rnaniifac- 
 tured by the boys of George Heriot's 
 hospital, and from this circumstance got 
 the name of Herioiers, They were an 
 excellent article of this kind, and famous 
 stotters. 
 
 WHIPPING-TOP. 
 
 Whipping the top, and dosing the 
 pearie, or peg-top, are well known games. 
 With a little agility, the top is made to 
 spin on the hand. 
 
Various are the games played with 
 Marbles : Ring and Taw, Chance, Hole 
 in Taw, &c. Sec. so well known to boys 
 as not to need description. 
 
 Bowl and chucks, is a game played by 
 girls with a marble and sea-shells. This 
 they do by stotting the marble, and, in 
 the interval, taking up a certain number 
 of shells. 
 
 Skipping ivith the rope, is also an ele- 
 gant and graceful amusement for girJs. 
 
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 THE KITE, 
 Or, as it is commonly called, the dra- 
 gon, is a pleasant and amusing game, and, 
 bv means of a slight packing-cord, it is 
 
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 astonishing to what height they mount in 
 the air, and are guided backwards and 
 forwards by their juvenile masters. 
 
 SOAP-BKLLS. 
 
 This is done by mixing a little soap 
 and water, and then blowing it with a 
 tobacco-pipe. It is an innocent and 
 pleasant amusement, exciting astonish- 
 ment as the beautiful globular forms sail 
 in the air, till the bubble bursts. 
 
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 BLIND man's BUFF^ 
 
 LEAP FROG, 
 
 Is one of those games not nnatttnded 
 with danger, against which children 
 should be cautioned. 
 
SKATING. 
 This is a very fascinating amusement, 
 hut boys should never venture on deep 
 water. 
 
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 ' SAILING, 
 Alihoiigh a pleasant, is a hazardous 
 amusement for boys, and they should 
 never venture from shore, unless accom- 
 panied by an experienced seaman or guide. 
 
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 Playini2^ at trundle-hoop, or the girr, 
 as it is called in Scotland, is a harmless 
 and healthy exercise^ Boys sometimes 
 attach pieces of tin, or ginglers, to their 
 hoops, which makes them give a curious 
 and harmonious sound. 
 
 Swee, swings, 
 Kickety rings. 
 
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