She Said, and She Said
This game requires two confederates; one leaves the room, and the other in the secret asks a player in the room to whisper to him whom she (or he) loved; he then calls in his companion, and the following dialogue is carried on:—
“She said, and she said!
And what did she say?”
“She said that she loved.”
“And whom did she love?
Suppose she said she loved ——?”
“No! she never said that, whatever she said.”
An indefinite number of names are mentioned before the right one. When that came, to the surprise of the whisperer, the answer is—
“Yes! she said that.”
The secret was very simple; the name of a widow or widower known to both players was always given before that whispered.—Cornwall (Folk-lore Journal, v. 50).
Shepherd and Sheep
Children choose, by “counting out,” or otherwise, a Shepherd and a Wolf (or Mother Sheep, and Wolf). The Wolf goes away, and the rest of the players are the Sheep (or Lambs) and stand in a row. The Shepherd counts them—Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, &c. Then—
Shepherd—“What shall I bring home for you for dinner, Sunday, I’m going to market?”
Sunday chooses something—roast veal, apple tart, or anything else that she likes. Then Monday, Tuesday, and the rest choose also. Shepherd goes away, saying—