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EZZEKA—FATHER'S FIDDLE |
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If this conclusion is correct, the particular form of the game preserved by Mr. Addy may be the parent form of all games |
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in which the act of winding is indicated. There is more reason for this when we consider how easy the notion of clock-winding would creep in after the old veneration for the sacred alder tree had ceased to exist.
See " Bulliheisle," " Wind up the Bush Faggot," " Wind up the Watch."
Ezzeka Qld Ezzeka did one day stand
Upon a barrel top; The bung flew out, and all at once It went off with a pop. —Dronfield (S. O. Addy). This game is usually played in a house or schoolroom, by boys and girls. A boy or girl is chosen who is considered to be able to stand a joke. He sits on a chair. A stool is put behind, upon which a boy called "Ezzeka." stands. Then the other boys and girls in the room sing the lines. As they are finished, Ezzeka, who has a bottle of water in his hand, takes out the cork, and pours the water upon his victim's head. This game may be compared with the game of " King Arthur " mentioned by Brand (Pop. Antiq.) ii. 393).
Father's Fiddle
This is a boys' game. One boy says to another, " Divv (do) ye ken (know) aboot my father's fiddle ? " On replying that |
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