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some young man or woman, who is told to choos a partner of the oppo- 
sit sex. The person thus designated comes or is brought up to the first 
one calld out, when the priest recites a mock marriage service over the 
pair, after which the husband kisses his bride, in which he is followd by 
the minister. Another couple is then brought out in the same way, and 
so the game goes on. In one of these plays the question put to the first 
one calld, who is generally a girl, is, ‘‘ Fair maid, Frimsy Framsy, who’s 
your fancy ?’’, In another the formula is, ‘‘ Daughter, daughter, choos 
your partner.’’ 
The descriptions of the following games ar taken from Carleton’s work 
already referd to, quotations being given without the dialect. In Weds or 
Forfeits, also called Putting Round the Button, the master of ceremonies 
receivs from each player some forfeit, a pocket knife, handkerchief or 
something of that kind. Each one stoops in turn while the leader holds 
a forfeit over his (or her) head and bids him name the penalty by which 
the owner may redeem the property. The owner is generally commanded 
to sing a song, to kis some boy or girl of the company, or perhaps to carry 
some old man three times around the room, and it is a great point in the 
game to compel a coquettish girl ora roguish young fellow to kis some 
toothless old man or withered-up grandmother in the company. 
Another is calld Horns or The Painter. The players form a ring about 
the leader, who sits in the centre with his two forefingers extended upon 
his knees. He begins, ‘‘ Horns, horns, cow horns !’’ and raises his fingers 
with a jerk high above his head. Every one in the room must instantly 
do the same, because the animal named has horns. He begins again, 
‘Horns, horns, goat horns!’’ and up go all the fingers again, because a 
goat also has horns. He goes on, ‘‘Horns, horns, horse horns !’’ and 
raises his fingers as Wefore, but wo to the unlucky one in the circle who 
lifts a forefinger, for a horse has no horns, and the penalty for his careless- 
ness is a stroke of soot across his cheek. The game requires quickness of 
thought and action, and as may easily be seen it occasions much sport. 
In The Silly Old Man the one who personates that character stands in 
the middle of the floor, while the others, boys and girls alternately, join 
hands in a circle about him and begin to sing : 
Here’s a silly old man that lies all alone, 
That lies all alone, that lies all alone; 
Here’s a silly old man that lies all alone, 
He wants a wife and he can get none. 
The silly old man must then select a wife from one of the girls in the 
ring. The one chosen enters the circle along with him while the others 
sing: : 
Now, young couple, you’re married together, 
You’re married together, you’re married together, 
You must obey your father and mother, 
And love one another like sister and brother— 
I pray, young couple, you’ll kiss together. 
And there is seldom any objection raisd in regard to this part of the 
earereeeeneneelt 
