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CCCXCVII.

NUMBER number nine, this hoop’s
mine ;

Number number ten, take it back
again.

CCCXCVIILI.

THIS is acted by two or more
girls, who walk or dance up and
down, turning when they say
“ Turn, cheeses, turn.” The ‘green
cheeses,” as we are informed, are
made with sage and potato-tups.
Two girls are said to be “cheese
and cheese.”

Green cheese, yellow laces,
Up and down the market-places,
Turn, cheeses, turn.

 

CCCXCIX.

THE “Three Knights of Spain” is a game played in the fol-
lowing manner: The dramatis persone form themselves in two
parties—one representing a courtly dame and her daughters, the
other the suitors of the daughters. The last party, moving back-
wards and forwards, with their arms entwined, appreach and
recede from the mother party, which is stationary, singing to a
very sweet air.

Suttors, We are three brethren out of Spain,
Come to court your daughter Jane.

Mother. My daughter Jane she is too young,
And has not learned her mother tongue.