Soon a voice asks, “Is it Gold?” But that is not correct, this jeweler is selling Garnets.
Or the game may be confined to a country. Example: “I am a Japanese merchant and I sell S.”
The players must think what the merchant has for sale that comes from Japan, and that commences with the letter S.
Thus with care this game may be played by a small child with as much success as by an adult.
RUBIES AND EMERALDS.
Two players decide as to which one will represent rubies and which emeralds, without telling the others.
They then join hands to form an arch. All the rest take hold of each other’s jackets or frocks, and while going through the arch they sing,
All of a row,
Bend the bow,