Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-17
BY DR.. RALPH ST. ]. PERI

rendered into English, goes thus:
"Goy-ye-ye-a Gom-i-gow!
Come, come quickly!
Bring the grass also.
Il cannot its edge is too sharp.
"Kaw-seey Kaw-kaw!
What did this big rock do to youo
Here is the rock!"
The passing of the rocks takes place at tn I
end of each line, and at the final pass the bi |
rock is loudly slapped down before TIL
player who is caught, whereupon that in
dividual must reveal the name of his or he
lover. The game is continued until all ar
caught.
A MOTHER game involving amatory reve|
lationS is called the "whoorah plav,
having evidently been introduced from tina
belligerent tribe through some of its childrelI
at the mission schools. The leader stands il
the center of a group of dozen or SO boys
who crowd closely round him, squatting o1}
the ground with their knees drawn up I'd
form arches, and the series of arches Sd
formed makes a circular tunnel round thu
leader The boys all place and keep thei|
hands in this tunnel while ball is passed
from hand to hand as rapidly as possible
from right to left, or always in the SAND
direction.
The leader now tries to get possession o|
the ball by diving for it, thrusting his hand|
into the tunnel at any point where he think
he can catch it. He is not allowed to keen
his hands in the tunnel, waiting for the ball
to come round; but must withdraw them
quickly and try some other point.
Whoever holds the ball when it is caught
must tell the name of his love, and nd
player IS allowed to name the same girl
twice. During the diving the following SONG
is sung over and over.
LEADER: "Numah jollay oh-h-h-h jollay!
CHORUS OF PLAYERS: "Jollay -a-a-y!"
MAN must not be red, oh red'
"Red"
nUALAH VINGO, or monkey Jump is thd
~ same as the American game OF leap fTog
At each jump the jumper calls out "quala
vingo!" and the jumper answers "Vingo!
Gump).
GONNA TEAH or cut the elephant (com
- ma, elephant, and fedh, cut) is anotheI
circle game, in which one boy plays the part
of the elephant and stands in the center of
circle about twenty feet in diameter; tho
other players then hop into the circle, ond
hop only being allowed, and try to slap OF
"cut" the elephant The elephant may
move round inside the circle as freely as ne
pleases; but the player must stand in his
place on one foot until he has slapped tho
elephant. Should the elephant leave tho
circle the players may do SO also; should any
player put both feet on the ground within
the circle or fail to hop out in one hop after
having cut the elephant, he must take tho
elephants place.
THESE people have few toys. One Of thd
l commonest and simplest is the tap
tap, made by cutting flaps in piece of
sugarcane or cornstalk. In operating the toy
the child throws the flaps back and forth
thereby making a tapping sound, from
which the name is derived.
A MOTHER simple homemade plaything
which gives rise to much acute transit
tory Joy in the life of the youngster is the
lily top. In all inland marshes, lake bayous
and sluggish streams there grows on six-foot
stems the beautiful African water lily, Of
several different species, from foot to two
feet in diameter, with pure white or deep blue
corolla and bright yellow stamens. These
magnihcently beautiful nympha, which
would readily sell at from one to ten dollars
each at metropolitan florists shops, are here
used by the Manufacturing children for max
ing tops.
Taking a seven-dollar lily in his hand, the
boy ruthlessly tears away all the petals