I am indebted to the Rev. S. Rundle, vicar of Godolphin, for another set of words to this game, which he calls—
The Jolly Miller,
And, under this title, a lady, two years since, saw some children playing it at St. Ives, in Cornwall.
“There was a jolly miller, lived by himself,
By grinding corn he got his wealth;
One hand in the upper, the other in the bag,
As the wheel went round, they all called ‘Grab.’ ”
In this county “Tom Tiddler’s Ground” is known as “Mollish’s Land,” “Cat and Mouse” as “The Duffan Ring,” and “Blind Man’s Buff” as “Blind Buck-a-Davy.” To this last the following words are repeated, which I have never seen in print. One of the players takes the blind person by the shoulders, and says:
“How many horses has your father got in his stables?”