112 Children's Singing Games. 



In the next verse they walk singly along', mimicking- an affected 

 lady, and sing — 



This is the way the ladies walk, &c. 



At the last line they again join hands and repeat " Here we go 

 round the blackberry bush," &c. The other verses are — 



This is the way the gentlemen walk, &c. 

 This is the way we wash the clothes, 



and several other things of a similar nature. 



Nuts in May. 



In this game the children are arranged in two rows facing 

 each other. One girl is chosen from each side. We shall call 

 these Maggie Black and Annie White. These at the words, " A'U 

 send Annie White to take her away," try which shall draw the 

 other over a handkerchief laid between them. The loser is taken 

 to the side to which the winner belongs, and so on ad fin. 



Here we come gathering nuts in May, 



Nuts in May, nuts in May ; 



Here we come gathering- nuts in May, 



On a cold and frosty morning-. 



Whose nuts will you gather away % &c. 



Gather Maggie Black's nuts away, &c. 



Who will you send to take her away ? &c. 



A'll send Annie White to take her away, &c. 



In selecting those who take the leading part at first in these 

 games, a favourite way is by means of the following rhyme. The 

 children each put a finger in a cap, and one repeats the words, 

 touching the fingers as she speaks : — 



Me and the minister's wife cast oot. 

 Guess ye what it was aboot ? 

 Black fish, white troot, 

 Eerie, orrie, ye're oot. 



Sometimes the last one left in after the rhyme has been repeated 

 several times is the chosen one, sometimes the one to whom the 

 words, " ye're oot," comes in the first round. 



I may close with a rhyme in use by the boys. They some- 

 times dance on a coffin-shaped rock in the bed of the stream in the 



