Another formula sent me by Mr. C. C. Bell is to say, when the fool is sent back, “Fool, fool, go back to school, and learn more wit.”
French Jackie,
name for “[Round Tag]” and “Two and Threes,” in Tyrie (Rev. Dr. Gregor).
Galloping.
Galloping, galloping to the fair,
Courting the girls with the red petticoats;
Galloping, galloping all day long,
Courting the girls with the speckled petticoats.
Girls sing this resting one knee on the ground, striking the other knee with their right hand as they say each word. The length of the song depends upon the ingenuity of the players in finding new colours for the petticoats each time.—Isle of Man (A. W. Moore).
The game is not known now.
Gallant Ship.
[See “[Round and Round the Gallant Ship],” vol. ii. p. 143.]
Up spoke a boy of our gallant ship,
And a well-spoken boy was he—
I have a mother in London town,
This night she’ll be looking for me.