Buck shee, buck,
is another game of chance, and is generally played by three boys in the following way. One stands with his back to a wall, the second stoops down with his head against the stomach of the first boy, “forming a back,” the third jumps on it, and holds up his hand with the fingers distended, saying—
“Buck shee, buck, shee buck,
How many fingers do I hold up?”
Should the stooper guess correctly, they all change places and the jumper forms the back. Another and not such a rough way of playing this game is for the guesser to stand with his face towards a wall, keeping his eyes shut.
Leap-frog is known in Cornwall as “Leap the long-mare,” and there is a curious variation of it called—