How many horses has your father got in his stables?
Three.
What colour are they?
Red, white, and grey.
Then turn about, and twist about, and catch whom you may.
—Cornwall (Folk-lore Journal, v. 57, 58).
Antony Blindman kens ta me
Sen I bought butter and cheese o’ thee?
I ga’ tha my pot,
I ga’ tha my pan,
I ga’ tha a’ I hed but a rap ho’penny I gave a poor oald man.
—Cumberland (Dickinson’s Glossary).
(b) In the [Deptford version] one of the players is blindfolded. The one who blindfolds ascertains that the player cannot see by putting the first question. When the players are satisfied that the blindfolding is complete, the dialogue follows, and the blind man is turned round three times. The game is for him to catch one of the players, who is blindfolded in turn if the blind man succeeds in guessing who he is. Players are allowed to pull, pinch, and buffet the blind man.
