(d) This game is similar to “[Find the Ring].” The verse is, no doubt, modern, though the action and the string and ring are borrowed from an older game. Another verse used for the same game at Earl’s Heaton (Mr. Hardy) is—
The ring it is going;
Oh where? oh where?
I don’t care where,
I can’t tell where.
Paip
Three cherry stones are placed together, and another above them. These are all called a castle. The player takes aim with a cherry stone, and when he overturns the castle he claims the spoil.—Jamieson. See “[Cob Nut].”
Pallall
A Scottish name for “[Hop Scotch].”—Jamieson.
Pally Ully
See “[Hop Scotch].”