: NURSERY GAMES
: Popular Rhymes And Nursery Tales
The children are seated and the following questions put by one of the
party, holding a twisted handkerchief or something of the sort in the
hand. The handkerchief was called hewley-puley, and the questions are
asked by the child who holds it. If one answered wrongly, a box on the
ear with the handkerchief was the consequence; but if they all replied
correctly, then the one who broke silence first had that punishment.
Take this! What's this?--Hewley-puley.
Where's my share?--About the kite's neck.
Where's the kite?--Flown to the wood.
Where's the wood?--The fire has burned it.
Where's the fire?--The water has quenched it.
Where's the water?--The ox has drunk it.
Where's the ox?--The butcher has killed it.
Where's the butcher?--The rope has hanged him.
Where's the rope?--The rat has gnawed it.
Where's the rat?--The cat has killed it.
Where's the cat?--Behind the church door, cracking
pebble-stones and marrow-bones for yours and my supper, and
the one who speaks first shall have a box on the ear.