III. Cliildren's Grames and Eigmaroles. 



No. 1 — 10 (with the exception of the variants) communicated to me by 

 Thomas Magnussen, Jakobshavn, no. 11 by Pele Madsen, Rodebay, no. I J 

 by Kattak Reimer, ibid., no. 13 by Karl Oirilv, ibid. 



1. arsarta! qcf arsaqis-a! 



Let us play ball! — Yes come, let us play ball! we choose 

 sides — I toward the east — I toward the west (toward the south 

 and the north) — there are too few of us — there are enough 

 of you — then we must exert ourselves — we have won, we 

 have taken their land , we have undressed them {matarpawut) 

 — we have taken our land back, we have got into our clothes 

 again — you must parry correctly, you must push with the 

 shoulders, not overthrow with the hands — away with it (i.e. 

 the ball), I follow you, I shall be on guard at the end of the 

 field (aqut-oq), you are to lead the way! 



2. seqinius-a'rta! qcf ! 



Let us play sun! yes, I shall be the sun — I shall be the 

 sun — I shall be the moon — to the sun or to the moon? 



3. arpat'a^iarta ! ja'jorte'rta ! pdt'dt'a ! 



Let us run from goal to goal! let us clap! you must 

 help me — run in — you run out — run well out of the way 

 (like an animal that is shyi — täs'a'^srt milortis'o'tit you must 

 be the one that throws the ball at them! 



4. nuwe'vta! 



Let us play 7iueq (a kind of arrow used to shoot birds withi! 



