A boy stoops so that his arms rest on a table; another boy sits on him as he would on a horse. He then holds up (say) three fingers, and says—
Buck, buck, how many horns do I hold up?
The stooping boy guesses, and if he says a wrong number the other says—
[Two] you say and three there be;
Buck, buck, how many horns do I hold up?
When the stooping boy guesses rightly the other says—
[Four] you say and [four] there be;
Buck, buck, rise up.
The boy then gets off and stoops for the other one to mount, and the game is played again.—London (J. P. Emslie).
Similar action accompanies the following rhyme:—
Inkum, jinkum, Jeremy buck,
Yamdy horns do au cock up?
Two thà sès, and three there is,
Au’ll lea’n thee to la’ke at Inkum.
—Almondbury (Easther’s Glossary).