Page:Notes on the folk-lore of the northern counties of England and the borders.djvu/48

26 The ladybird is roused to activity by the cry of—

And during the nursery application of dock-leaves for a nettle-sting one of the following rhymes is sung:—

Or,

Or, again,

Or, lastly,

In the North of England children call, or used to call, thunder Rattley-bags, and to sing this couplet during a storm—

Another quaint verse is connected with a game I have often played in my childhood—

The game of Sally Walker, in which song and dance are combined, is still played in the North of England. The following words were taken from the lips of some juvenile singers at Morpeth by Mr. Joseph Crawhall:—

Sally Walker, Sally Walker, Come spring time and love, She’s lamenting, she’s lamenting, All for her young man. Come choose to the east, come choose to the west, Come choose the one that yon love best.