Poor fool, been to school,
Learn more in a week;
Been there seven years
And hasn’t learnt a bit.
—Hurstmonceux, Sussex (Miss Chase).
The same game is played indoors in Cornwall, the reply being—
Fool, fool, go back to school
And learn your letters better.
—Cornwall (Folk-lore Journal, v. 99-80).
See “[Namers and Guessers].”[Addendum] [Addendum]
Foot and Over
One boy out of a number stoops in the position for “[Leap-frog]” at an agreed fixed line. From the players he chooses a Leader and a Foot. The Leader first leaps over the stooping boy at a foot from the line; the other players then leap in turn each at a foot further from the line, the stooping boy moving forward from the line for each player; finally the Foot leaps as far as the distance leapt by the last boy. If this is accomplished, the Leader hops from the line and then leaps; the followers hop and leap each a foot further than each other; finally the Foot hops and leaps as far as the distance covered by the last boy. If this is accomplished, the Leader hops twice and then leaps; the same process going on until one of the boys fails, who then takes the place of the stooping boy, and the game begins again. If the Foot covers any longer distance than the Leader, the Leader stoops down.—Earls Heaton, Yorks. (H. Hardy).
