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134 to that side, but the player is off to the opposite side, and repeats the same words, and so on, from one side to the other, to the great delight of the child.

Another form is, when the infant is old enough to stand and walk, it gets behind a chair or table, or any other piece of furniture suitable, and looks from behind it, or through a hole in it, or round a corner of it, when the one that wishes to create amusement for it cries out, "teet!" or "teet-bo!" or "bo!" and sometimes adds: "Fah (who, whom) divv (do) I see?" The child withdraws and looks, it may be, a second or two after, from the same place or from another, when the same words are spoken. This goes on as long as the child chooses.

This game corresponds with the Spanish game "Cú? ... trás!"

I.

This amusement consists in the mother or the nurse placing the infant on her knee face to face with herself, and then touching with her forefinger the different parts of the face, mentioning the part touched:—

"Chin cherry;

Moo merry;

Niz nappy,

Ee winky

Broo brinky

Ower head an awa', Jock." (Rosehearty.)

"Chin cherry

Moo merry

Nose nappy

Ee winky,

O'er the hill an awa' tae Robbie Linkie." (Pitsligo.)