156. Gent.'s Mag., Feb. 1738, "Fryar's Ground."--_Spanish_,
Maspons y Labrós, p. 92.--_French_, Celnart, p. 53, "Chateau
du Corbeau;" "Je suis dans ton château, corbeau, et j'y
serai toujours."--_German_, Meier, p. 98, "Ist der Kukuk
zu Haus?" see No. 115, note. German games based on this
idea are numerous. Vernaleken, p. 77, "The Black Man;" p.
62, "Dead man, arise;" p. 73, "Wassermannspiel." The child
representing the Water-spirit lies in the dry bed of a brook
and pretends to sleep. The rest approach to tease him, when
he endeavors to seize one without leaving the brook or pit.
The first so caught must assist him to capture the rest.
The superstition about a treasure buried at the foot of the
rainbow is also Swiss, see Lütolf, Sagen, etc., Von Lutzern,
p. 384.
157. A variation of 156.--_German_, Meier, p. 121. Rochholz, p.
415.