Morning journal and courier., 1893-10-14

| of doors, and which are particularly en- | joyed in holiday time when their elders are occupied in more serious festivities. | One of these Is "Lubin Loo," and it Is al | ways productive of screaming merriment, | owing to errors by players in obeying the leaders commands. The children form in ring, joining hands, when they all sing: Here we play Lubln Loo, Here we play Lubin Light; | Here we play Lubia Loo, A of a Saturday night The entire game consists in correctly following the sung injunctions, ss- Now all your right hands in; Shake the . a little, e little, And then whirl round about. The quickness and dexterity of the Ht- tie ones are often remarkable. The right foot Is put through the tactics; then the left foot; the right and left esrs; the nose, the chin, the eyes, and finally the head. Oranges and Lemons" Is good deal of | hurly-burly psstime. An elder boy and girl stand and grasp hands. One secretly l takes the name Oranges" the other that of "Lemons" They then proceed about the room and in whispers demand which side each of their plsymates has chosen. when the leaders again grasp hands and call for their respective adherents. These grasp their leaders and each other about the waist, and & test of strength, accom- panied by tremendous encouraging cheer ings, ia the result.
 A jolly little game is "HunttDR the Slipper" After hunter is chosen the boys and girls sit, or rather squat, in round ring with crooked knees, so that skirts and kiIts will cover them. The ''hunter" from the outside brings a slipper to any child In the ring, demanding, "When will ye hs' 1t din (done)r Any day may be mentioned by the recip- lent, at which the "huntern expresses satisfaction, end with oheery "A right!" turns away. The fun begins when the hunter returns and demands the slipper, but Is met with "Oh, I passed 1t onl" un- til 1t Is really discovered, which Is never until the hunter has met with many eugsg ing adventures, when the one in whose possession the slipper Is found In turn be comes the long discomfted "hunter."
 The Mulberry Bush" sffords-iafnits variety of change in its action and sppli- cation. Boys and Girls mSy Ego round by it." but it Is ususlly a pastime for girls. Joining hsnds they sirg:
 Here We go round hy the mulberry bush, nu'bsrTy bush, mulberry bush;
 Here we go round by the mulberry bush On a cold and fros:y morning.
 This is the way we comb onr hsir
 On a cold and frosty mOrning;-
 brushing the hair, brushing the teeth, walking to school, sitting at school, and countless other duties. plessures and shirkings of childhood being initiated in action as "MubarIy Bush" is sung.
 There gre myriad girls games, nearly sll of which, curiously enough, as in other English speaking countries, seem to derive their greatest interest and fascination 10 little Scottish lassies from their nesrness to the mock heroics in the courting, love and marriage affairs of their elders. The commonest of these are "Rise Sally Walk er," in which Sally 'rises" and "follows her guidman," Is welded, has lovely chil- dren, first a girl and then a boy" in which all of her wedds1 joys and sorrows are deliueated, with marching and singing: "In and Out the Window" in which, in and out of rings, with the interminsbls- singing and marching, lassie evidently finally departs, and her lover is shrieking ly ep joined to Hollow her up to London;" "My Name is Queen Mary"
 My age is sixteen,
 My fathers a farmer