The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Vol 1 of 2) / With Tunes, Singing-Rhymes and Methods of Playing etc.

by Alice Bertha Gomme

A Lincolnshire name for “[Prisoner’s Base].”—Halliwell’s Dictionary; Peacock’s Manley and Corringham Glossary; Cole’s S. W. Lincolnshire Glossary.

Biggly

Name for “[Blind Man’s Buff].”—Dickinson’s Cumberland Glossary.

Billet

The Derbyshire name for “[Tip-cat].”—Halliwell’s Dictionary.

Billy-base

A name for “[Prisoner’s Base].”—Halliwell’s Dictionary.

Bingo

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