I have a little dog, it won t bite you-- It won t bite you--it won t bite you-- It _will_ bite you. --Leicestershire (Miss Ellis). The Forest of Dean version is the same as the Dorsetshire, except that the child who is unsuccessful in gaining the vacant place has to stand in the middle of the ring until the same thing happens to another child.--Miss Matthews. In Nottinghamshire the children form in a ring; one walks round outside the ring singing and carrying a handkerchief: I wrote a letter to my love, and on the way I dropt it; One of you has picked it up and put it in your pocket. It isn t you, it isn t you, &c. &c.; it is you. The handkerchief is then dropped at some one s back, the one at whose back the handkerchief was dropped chasing the other. Or they say: I lost my supper last night, I lost it the night before, And if I lose it again to-night, I ll knock at somebody s door.
Talk about Double-think! Will you miss never having a man again? I mean, once you ve been a wife-- I added, letting it drift off. God has been good to me, she said out of the dark. He let me see my own future, that he would give me a husband again. That was a curve. Isn t that an even worse breaking of vows? I said. I mean, if in God s sight you re still married to Billy Joe? Would be, she conceded from the black, now right next to me. But He told me that the man I should seek _would be_ Billy Joe--hit s a miracle worked for me. Her voice lowered. A miracle that come to pass tonight, my darlin Billy. A shiver ran its fingers up my spine.
SEC. 5. If a player names a card of a trick which has been turned and quitted or turns or raises any such card so that any portion of its face can be seen by himself or his partner he is liable to the same penalty as if he had led out of turn. LAW VII.--CARDS LIABLE TO BE CALLED. SEC. 1. The following cards are liable to be called: (a) Every card so placed upon the table as to expose any of the printing on its face, except such cards as these laws specifically provide, shall not be so liable. (b) Every card so held by a player as to expose any of the printing on its face to his partner or to both of his adversaries at the same time. (c) Every card, except the trump card, named by the player holding it.
262. The sport is noticed by Gay-- As at hot-cockles once I laid me down, I felt the weighty hand of many a clown; Buxoma gave a gentle tap, and I Quick rose and read soft mischief in her eye. Halliwell describes it rather differently. The blindfolded boy lies down on his face, and, being struck, must guess who it is that hit him. A good part of the fun consisted in the hardness of the slaps, which were generally given on the throne of honour. He quotes from a MS. play as follows-- It is edicted that every Grobian shall play at Bamberye hott cockles at the four festivals. Indeed a verye usefull sport, but lately much neglected to the mollefieinge of the flesh. --Halliwell s _Dictionary_. [Illustration] Nares _Glossary_ also contains quotations from works of 1639, 1653, and 1697 which illustrate the game.
--Miss Matthews. In Nottinghamshire the children form in a ring; one walks round outside the ring singing and carrying a handkerchief: I wrote a letter to my love, and on the way I dropt it; One of you has picked it up and put it in your pocket. It isn t you, it isn t you, &c. &c.; it is you. The handkerchief is then dropped at some one s back, the one at whose back the handkerchief was dropped chasing the other. Or they say: I lost my supper last night, I lost it the night before, And if I lose it again to-night, I ll knock at somebody s door. It isn t you, it isn t you, &c. &c.; it s you.
Marked cards are of advantage only when the dealer plays, and are of little use beyond telling him what he can turn up for a trump, or what he will find in the Skat. The rule for having four in the game, if possible, is one of the greatest safeguards, unless the dealer is in secret partnership with one of the players. _=SUGGESTIONS FOR GOOD PLAY.=_ The chief things to master in Skat are the values of the hands, the principles of bidding on them, the best methods of playing them, and the proper methods of combining forces with your partner for the time being, in order to defeat the single player. _=Bidding.=_ Some persons attach a great deal of importance to the odds for and against certain cards being in the Skat. If a player without three is forced to risk finding a Matadore in the Skat, it is usually enough for him to know that the odds are about 3 to 1 against it. It is much more important for him to consider what cards may make against him, and what they would count. It is often necessary to estimate very closely the number of points that must fall on a certain number of leads. For instance: You are Vorhand, and hold these cards:-- [Illustration: 🂫 🂻 🃋 🃞 🃝 🃙 🃘 🃗 🃇 🂧 ] Even if you find the Ace and Ten with the best Wenzel in one hand against you, you have an almost certain club Solo, for if you lead a Wenzel, your adversary must either take it, or give you the Ace or Ten.
83. Ducks and Drakes A pastime in which flat stones or slates are thrown upon the surface of a piece of water, so that they may dip and emerge several times without sinking (Brockett s _North Country Words_). Neither cross and pile nor ducks and drakes are quite so ancient as hand dandy (Arbuthnot and Pope, quoted in Todd s _Johnson_). Halliwell gives the words used in the game both formerly and at the present day. If the stone emerges only once it is a duck, and increasing in the following order:-- 2. A duck and a drake, 3. And a halfpenny cake, 4. And a penny to pay the old baker, 5. A hop and a scotch is another notch, 6. Slitherum, slatherum, take her.
Should the spot on which any pocketed ball belongs be occupied, said ball shall be left off the table until the spot is free and the balls are at rest, with this exception--that should the 1 ball be pocketed, and its spot occupied, any player who is exactly 100, and whose turn it is to play, may demand that all the object balls be spotted and he shall play with ball in hand. 13. It is a foul if the player touch any ball with his person or clothing. It is a foul if he strike the cue ball twice or with anything but the point of the cue. It is a miss if he shoot without causing the cue ball to strike any object ball. It is a scratch if he cause the cue ball to enter a pocket except on the 101st point, or leave the table. 14. Carroms obtained by pushing during the first 90 points are legitimate, but not during the following ten points; and the 101st shot must be a clean stroke, and a push shot will not be allowed. 15. When a player is 100, should he fail to strike the 1 ball his hand is out and his run, if any, forfeited.
The pool goes with every successful play. If the single player is unsuccessful, he does not double the pool, as in Boston, but pays into it the same amount that he loses to each adversary, over-tricks and all; so that he really loses four times the amount shown in the table. At the end of the game, or on the twelfth hand, if the caller does not succeed, he pays the pool as usual, and his adversaries then divide it amongst themselves. The _=Suggestions for Good Play=_, etc., are given in connection with Solo Whist and need no further amplification for Boston de Fontainbleau. The _=Laws=_ vary so little from those used in the regular game of Boston that it is not necessary to give an additional code, either for Fontainbleau or for French Boston, which follows. FRENCH BOSTON. _=CARDS.=_ French Boston is played with a full pack of fifty-two cards, which rank as at Whist, both for cutting and playing; except that the diamond Jack is always the best trump unless diamonds are turned up, in which case the heart Jack becomes the best trump, and the diamond Jack ranks next below the diamond Queen. _=COUNTERS=_ are used as in Boston, their value being a matter of agreement before play begins.
These are pushed along the deck with long sticks that have enlarged and flattened ends to fit the pieces. The object is to get each piece to settle fairly and squarely within the borders of some one of a number of spaces which are chalked out on a diagram about 10 feet by 6, which is about 30 feet from the player. These spaces are numbered from 1 to 10, and some of them are marked “minus.” Each side has four shots with four separate pieces. Fifty points is game. BILLIARDS. _=THE TABLE.=_ The standard American billiard table for championship games is ten feet by five; but that in common use is nine by four and a half. The old tables for the four-ball game had only four pockets, but all modern pool tables have six. The English billiard tables are all twelve feet by six, with six pockets, which are used for both billiards and pool.
_=Players.=_ Three, four, or five persons may play; but four is the proper number, and all descriptions of the game suppose it to be four-handed. _=Cutting.=_ To decide the positions of the players, a sequence of cards is sorted out, equal in number with the number of players. These cards are then shuffled, face downward, and each player draws one. The highest of the sequence has the choice of positions, and so on down until all are seated. The player who draws the King deals the first hand. _=Stakes.=_ Each player purchases an equal number of counters from the banker, usually 100. This original _=cave=_ cannot be added to or deducted from.
The cards are then dealt three at a time for the first round, two for the next, and three for the last, each player receiving eight cards. The seventeenth is then turned up for the trump. If this card is a Seven, the dealer scores 10 points for it at once. The trump card is laid on the table by itself, the remainder of the pack, which is called the _=stock=_ or _=talon=_, is slightly spread, to facilitate the process of drawing cards from it, and to be sure that none of the cards remaining in the undealt portion are exposed. In sixty-four-card Binocle twelve cards are sometimes dealt to each player. _=Misdealing.=_ A misdeal does not lose the deal, but in some cases a new deal is at the option of the adversary. If the dealer exposes a card belonging to the adversary or to the stock, the pone may demand a new deal; but if either player exposes any of his own cards, the deal stands good. If too many cards are given to either player, there must be a new deal. If too few, the pone may claim a fresh deal, or allow the dealer to supply the missing cards from the top of the stock, without changing the trump card.
Let us suppose five teams to offer for play, which we shall distinguish by the letters, _=a=_, _=b=_, _=c=_, _=d=_, _=e=_, arranging each at its own table thus:-- N a b c d e W + E a 1 a b 2 b c 3 c d 4 d e 5 e S a b c d e [Illustration: +---------------------------------+ +---------------------------------+ | MANHATTAN WHIST CLUB | | MANHATTAN WHIST CLUB | |Table No 1 May 6 1895 | |Table No 1 May 6 1895 | | O Team | | X Team | | 1 Chinery 3 Bullock | | 1 D. Jones 3 M. Boyce | | 2 Lewis 4 Izard | | 2 E. Wilson 4 H. Jones | +---+----+-----+----+---+-----+---+ +---+----+-----+----+---+-----+---+ |E-W|Gain|Trump|HAND|N-S|Check| | |E-W|Gain|Trump|HAND|N-S|Check| | +---+----+-----+----+---+-----+---+ +---+----+-----+----+---+-----+---+ | 6 | | DK | 1 | 7 | ✓ | | | 6 | | DK | 1 | 7 | ✓ | | | 8 | | H7 | 2 | 4 | ✓ |1&2| | 9 | 1 | H7 | 2 | 5 | ✓ |3&4| | 2 | | HJ | 3 | 9 | ✓ | | | 4 | 2 | HJ | 3 |11 | ✓ | | | 6 | 1 | S4 | 4 | 8 | ✓ |---| | 5 | | S4 | 4 | 7 | ✓ |---| | 3 | | S9 | 5 |10 | ✓ | | | 3 | | S9 | 5 |10 | ✓ | | | 8 | 1 | D3 | 6 | 6 | ✓ |1&3| | 7 | | D3 | 6 | 5 | ✓ |2&4| |10 | 1 | C5 | 7 | 4 | ✓ | | | 9 | | C5 | 7 | 3 | ✓ | | | 8 | | HQ | 8 | 4 | ✓ |---| | 9 | 1 | HQ | 8 | 5 | ✓ |---| | 5 | 1 | DK | 9 | 9 | ✓ | | | 4 | | DK | 9 | 8 | ✓ | | | 4 | 1 | SA | 10 |10 | ✓ |1&4| | 3 | | SA | 10 | 9 | ✓ |1&4| | 7 | | S3 | 11 | 5 | ✓ | | | 8 | 1 | S3 | 11 | 6 | ✓ | | |11 | 1 | C2 | 12 | 3 | ✓ |---| |10 | | C2 | 12 | 2 | ✓ |---| | |--- | | 13 | | | | | |--- | | 13 | | | | | | +6 | | 14 | | | | | | +5 | | 14 | | | | | | | | &c | | | | | | | | &c | | | | +---+----+-----+----+---+-----+---+ +---+----+-----+----+---+-----+---+ ] [Illustration: +---------------------------------+ +---------------------------------+ | MANHATTAN WHIST CLUB | | MANHATTAN WHIST CLUB | |Table No 2 May 6 1895 | |Table No 2 May 6 1895 | | O Team | | X Team | | 1 Chinery 3 Bullock | | 1 D. Jones 3 M. Boyce | | 2 Lewis 4 Izard | | 2 E. Wilson 4 H. Jones | +---+----+-----+----+---+-----+---+ +---+----+-----+----+---+-----+---+ |E-W|Gain|Trump|HAND|N-S|Check| | |E-W|Gain|Trump|HAND|N-S|Check| | +---+----+-----+----+---+-----+---+ +---+----+-----+----+---+-----+---+ | 5 | 1 | CJ | 1 | 9 | ✓ | | | 4 | | CJ | 1 | 8 | ✓ | | | 8 | | S3 | 2 | 5 | ✓ |1&2| | 8 | | S3 | 2 | 5 | ✓ |3&4| | 5 | 2 | CA | 3 |10 | ✓ | | | 3 | | CA | 3 | 8 | ✓ | | | 7 | | HQ | 4 | 6 | ✓ |---| | 7 | | HQ | 4 | 6 | ✓ |---| |10 | 3 | D4 | 5 | 6 | ✓ | | | 7 | | D4 | 5 | 3 | ✓ | | |10 | | D7 | 6 | 2 | ✓ |1&3| |11 | 1 | D7 | 6 | 3 | ✓ |2&4| | 4 | | C6 | 7 | 7 | ✓ | | | 6 | 2 | C6 | 7 | 9 | ✓ | | | 5 | | S4 | 8 | 7 | ✓ |---| | 6 | 1 | S4 | 8 | 8 | ✓ |---| | 1 | | C7 | 9 |11 | ✓ | | | 2 | 1 | C7 | 9 |12 | ✓ | | | 8 | | S4 | 10 | 2 | ✓ |1&4| |11 | 3 | S4 | 10 | 5 | ✓ |1&4| | 9 | | D3 | 11 | 4 | ✓ | | | 9 | | D3 | 11 | 4 | ✓ | | | 4 | | DQ | 12 | 8 | ✓ |---| | 5 | 1 | D2 | 12 | 9 | ✓ |---| | |--- | | 13 | | | | | |--- | | 13 | | | | | | +6 | | 14 | | | | | | +9 | | 14 | | | | | | | | &c | | | | | | | | &c | | | | +---+----+-----+----+---+-----+---+ +---+----+-----+----+---+-----+---+ ] The names of the N & S and the E & W members of each team should first be entered on the score-cards; then all the N & S players move to the next table East; those at table 5 going to table 1; and each table dealing and playing four hands, afterwards putting them away in trays. e | a | b | c | d a 1 a | b 2 b | c 3 c | d 4 d | e 5 e e | a | b | c | d | | | | Hands:--1 to 4 | 5 to 8 | 9 to 12 | 13 to 16 | 17 to 20 The peculiarity of this system is in the movement of the trays; those at the middle table always going to the extreme West of the line, the others moving up as many tables at a time as may be necessary to follow them.
Lawson). Contrary, Rules of I. Here I go round the rules of contrary, Hopping about like a little canary. When I say Hold fast, leave go; When I say Leave go, hold fast. --Cornwall (_Folk-lore Journal_, v. 52). II. Here we go round the rules of contrary, When I say Hold fast! let go, and when I say Let go! hold fast. --London (A. B.