is another game of chance, and is generally played by three boys in
the following way. One stands with his back to a wall, the second
stoops down with his head against the stomach of the first boy,
"forming a back," the third jumps on it, and holds up his hand with
the fingers distended, saying--
"Buck shee, buck, shee buck,
How many fingers do I hold up?"
Should the stooper guess correctly, they all change places and the
jumper forms the back. Another and not such a rough way of playing
this game is for the guesser to stand with his face towards a wall,
keeping his eyes shut.
Leap-frog is known in Cornwall as "Leap the long-mare," and there is
a curious variation of it called--