264 NURSERY RHYMES.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

forfeit is the penalty. Great ingenuity may be exhibited in the
manner in which the questions and answers are constructed, and,
in the hands of some children, this is a most amusing recreation.
The forfeits are, of course, cried at the end of the game.

CCCCXLV.
THE DIAMOND RING.

CHILDREN sit in a ring or ina line, with their hands placed
together palm to palm, and held straight, the little fingers down-
most between the knees. One of them is then chosen to represent
a servant, who conceals a ring, or some other small article asa
substitute, in her hands, which are pressed flat together like those
of the rest, and goes round the circle or line, placing her hands
into the hands of every player, so that she is enabled to let the
ring fall wherever she pleases without detection. After this, she