ve but one, who must then
perform by himself, if he is willing.

The Concerted Sneeze

One third of the company agree to say "Hish" all together at a given
signal, another third agree to say "Hash," and the rest agree to say
"Hosh." The word of command is then given, and the result is the sound
as of a tremendous sneeze.

Bingo

In "Bingo" the players begin by joining hands and marching round,
singing--

There was a farmer had a dog
His name was Bobby Bingo O.
B, I, N, G, O,
B, I, N, G, O,
B, I, N, G, O,
And Bingo was his name O!

The players then loose hands, the girls go inside the ring and stand
there, and the boys run round them singing the rhyme again. Then the
boys go inside and the girls run round them and sing it. And then
hands are taken once more and all go round in the original circle
singing it a fourth time. If no boys are playing, the girls should
arrange, before the game begins, which shall personate them.

Robin's Alive

A good game for the fireside is "Robin's Alive." There are so few
children nowadays who have fireplaces that this can be modified so
that it is a good evening game for any quiet group of children. Some
one lights a piece of twisted paper or a stick of wood, twirls it
rapidly in the air to keep it burning and says, as fast as he can,

Robin's alive, and alive he shall be
If he dies in my hand you may back-saddle me,

and at once passes the paper on to the next player who in turn recites
the verse. The one in whose hand it finally goes out is "back-saddled"
in this way. He lies down on the floor and the others pile cushions
and chairs and books on him while he repeats,

Rocks and stones and the old horse's bones
All this and more you may pile upon me.

The Mulberry Bush

The players join hands and go round and round in a ring, singing--

Here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, the mulberry
bush,
Here we go round the mulberry bush
On a fine and frosty morning.

They then let go hands and sing--

This is the way we wash our clothes, wash our clothes, wash our
clothes,
This is the way we wash our clothes
On a fine and frosty morning,

and as they sing they pretend to be washing. After the verse is done
they join hands again and dance round to the singing of the mulberry
bush chorus again, and so on after each verse. The other verses are--

(2) This is the way we iron our clothes.
(3)