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No one in the house but Dinah, Dinah,
No one in the house I know, I know;
No one in the house but Dinah, Dinah,
Playing on the old banjo.
A ring is formed, and a girl stands blindfolded inside. As the verse is sung and finished, Dinah goes to any one in the ring, and, if successful in guessing her name, takes her place, the other taking the place of Dinah, the game going on as before.—Earls Heaton (Herbert Hardy).
“Dinah” was a Christy Minstrel song in the “fifties.” It is probable that the game, which resembles “[Buff],” has been played to the tune of the song. Singing a chorus would soon follow.
See “[Buff],” “[Muffin Man].”
Dip o’ the Kit
A rustic game, undescribed and marked as obsolescent.—Peacock’s Manley and Corringham Glossary.