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 Cornish Games. 175 who as he repeats the words points with his forefinger at each player in succession until he comes to the end of the rhyme. The person then indicated goes out: — " Vizzery, vazzery, vozery-vem, Tizzery, tazzery, tozery-tem, Hiram, jiram, cockrem, spirem, Poplar, roUin, gem." " There stands a pretty maid in a black cap. If you want a pretty maid in a black cap. Please to take 'she.'"— (East Cornwall). " Ene, mene, mona, mi, Pasca,-lara, bona (or bora), bi, Elke, belke, boh ! " " Eggs, butter, cheese, bread, Stick, stack, stone, dead ! " — (West Cornwall). To this latter there are several nonsensical modern editions. A game with a jingle somewhat like the first is played by children at Newlyn West, near Penzance, called — " Vesey, vasey, vura." One child is blindfolded, the others hide something, and shout — " Vesey, vasey, vum, Buck-a-boo has come ! Find if you can and take it home, Vesey, vasey, vum ! " A search is then made for the hidden object : when found the finder in his turn is blindfolded. After this digression I will give all the other forgotten games before describing those still played. "FrISKEE, FRISKEE, I WAS, AND I WAS." Known elsewhere as " Now we dance looby, looby, looby." To play it the children formed a ring and danced around, singing — " Friskee, friskee, I was, and I was A drinking of small beer."