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Rh 3. Black and white is my delight, Green and yellow's bonny; I wouldna part from my sweetheart, For all my father's money.

4. I'll away yam, And tell my man, That all my geese is dead but yan; And it's a steg, Without a leg, And it'll be dead by I get yam.

5. There was a man and he went mad, He lapped it in tiv a pea swad; The peaswad was over full. And he lapped it in tiv a roaring bull; A roaring bull was over fat, So he lapped it in tiv a gentleman's hat; The gentleman's hat was over fine. So he lapped it in tiv a bottle of wine; The bottle of wine was over red, So he lapped it in tiv a crust of bread; The crust of bread was over hard, So he lapped it in tiv half-a-crown; The half crown was over little, So he lapped it in tiv a weaver's sickle; The weaver's sickle was over narrow. So he lapped it in tiv a wheelabarrow; The wheelabarrow gave a crack. And there was an end of poor old Jack. Jack got a pea, for telling a lee, He slipped and slided over the sea.

The following I got from a girls' school in Durham (1876).

1. If two girls speak at the same time, they hook the little fingers of their right hands together, and wish a wish, and then loose. They must not speak again till some one asks them a question, or the charm is broken.

2. Cure for hiccough. Stop your ears, and take three (or nine) sips of water.