o market;
2. This pig staid at home;
3. This pig had a bit of meat;
4. And this pig had none;
5. This pig said, Wee, wee, wee! I can't find my way home.

CCCXIX.

[Children hunting bats.]

Bat, bat, (_clap hands_,)
Come under my hat,
And I'll give you a slice of bacon;
And when I bake,
I'll give you a cake,
If I am not mistaken.

CCCXX.

[A game at ball.]

Cuckoo, cherry tree,
Catch a bird, and give it to me;
Let the tree be high or low,
Let it hail, rain, or snow.

CCCXXI.

[Two of the strongest children are selected, A and B; A stands
within a ring of the children, B being outside.]

A. Who is going round my sheepfold?
B. Only poor old Jacky Lingo.
A. Don't steal any of my black sheep.
B. No, no more I will, only by one,
Up, says Jacky Lingo. (_Strikes one._)

[The child struck leaves the ring, and takes hold of B behind;
B in the same manner takes the other children, one by one,
gradually increasing his tail on each repetition of the
verses, until he has got the whole; A then tries to get them
back; B runs away with them; they try to shelter themselves
behind B; A drags them off, one by one, setting them against
a wall, until he has recovered all. A regular tearing game, as
children say.]

CCCXXII.

Highty cock O!
To London we go,
To York we ride;
And Edward has pussy-cat tied to his side;
He shall have little dog tied to the other,
And then he goes trid trod to see his grandmother.

CCCXXIII.

This is the key of the kingdom.
In that kingdom there is a city.
In that city there is a town.
In that town there is a street.
In that street there is a lane.
In that lane there is a yard.
In that yard there is a house.
In that house there is a room.
In that room there is a bed.
On that bed there is a basket.
In that basket there are some flowers.
Flowers in the basket, basket in the bed, bed in the room, &c. &c.

CCCXXIV.

[Children stand round, and are counted one by one, by means
of this rhyme. The child upon whom the last number falls is
_out_, for "Hide or Seek," or any other game where a victim is
required. A cock and bull story of this kind is related of the
historian Josephus. There are other versions of this, and one
may be seen in 'Blackwood's Magazine' for August, 1821, p.
36.]