Chapter CCCLIV: Drop-Glove

[Children stand round in a circle, leaving a space between
each. One walks round the outside, and carries a glove in her
hand, saying:]

I've a glove in my hand,
Hittity Hot!
Another in my other hand,
Hotter than that!
So I sow beans, and so they come up,
Some in a mug, and some in a cup.
I sent a letter to my love,
I lost it, I lost it!
I found it, I found it!
It burns, it scalds.

[Repeating the last words very rapidly, till she drops the
glove behind one of them, and whoever has the glove must
overtake her, following her exactly in and out till she
catches her. If the pursuer makes a mistake in the pursuit,
she loses, and the game is over; otherwise she continues the
game with the glove.]