The searcher may summon the fugitive to indicate his whereabouts:
Halloo if you're far off, whistle if you're nigh.
Salem, Mass.
In Portland, Me., the shout of the concealed party is, "Blank, blank, Cornelia!" and in the western part of the State of New York, "Blancalilo!"
The searcher, on discovering one of the hidden players, calls "Hi spy!" and tries to touch the latter before he can reach goal, the rule being that
Elbow and knee
Always go free.
No. 108.
Blind-man's Buff.
A blindfolded player is led into the centre of a room, taken by the shoulders, and turned about three times, after which he must catch somebody to replace him.
For this initiation there is in the Middle States a rhyme: