A simple guessing-game, familiar to children in New England. One child of the party says to another, "It comes, it comes." The player addressed replies, "What do you come by?" The first replies by naming the initial letter of some object in the room; if, for instance, it is the table he has in mind, he says, "I come by T." The rest must now guess what thing, beginning with this letter, is meant.
No. 97.
Hold Fast My Gold Ring.
The children sit in a circle, with hands closed; one takes the ring, and goes around with it, tapping the closed fists of the players as if inserting the ring, and saying:
Biddy, biddy, hold fast my gold ring,
Till I go to London, and come back again.
Each child, in turn, is then required to guess who has the ring, and, if successful, takes the leader's place; if unsuccessful, he pays forfeit.
Georgia.
This is known in Massachusetts as,
Button, button, who's got the button?
Another form of the question is, "Fox, fox, who's got the box?"
In England the game goes,