Chapter CCCXXIV

[Children stand round, and are counted one by one, by means
of this rhyme. The child upon whom the last number falls is
_out_, for "Hide or Seek," or any other game where a victim is
required. A cock and bull story of this kind is related of the
historian Josephus. There are other versions of this, and one
may be seen in 'Blackwood's Magazine' for August, 1821, p.
36.]

Hickory (1), Dickory (2), Dock (3),
The mouse ran up the clock (4),
The clock struck one (5),
The mouse was gone (6);
O (7), U (8), T (9), spells OUT!