Libbety, libbety, libbety-lat.
A game of a very different character, which pleases young children. The child stands before a hassock, and as if he were going up-stairs puts on it first his right and then his left foot, gradually quickening his steps, keeping time to the words:—
“Libbety, libbety, libbety-lat,
Who can do this? and who can do that?
And who can do anything better than that?”
This ends the games in which children of both sexes join. I must next give those exclusively for boys. I will begin by a very old one: