159. _French_, Celnart, p. 365, etc.--_German_, Vernaleken, p.
52, etc. See Mannhardt, Germ. Myth., pp. 492-511, who gives
twenty-three versions, including a Spanish (Catalan) one. He
imagines, as usual, a good deal of mythology in the game.
The mythologic character belongs, not to the details of
the children's rounds, but to the cycle of traditions on
which these are founded. The name in Suabia is "Prinzessin
erlösen," "to disenchant the princess."
160. _Provençal_, Arbaud, ii. 207.--_French_, Puymaigre, p. 334.
Bugeaud, i. 126. Tarbé, ii. 178.
Of the following games played in Great Britain, and possessing
European equivalents, we have not obtained American versions:
(1.) Halliwell, Pop. Rh., p. 131, "Game of the Fox."--_German_,
Rochholz, p. 44, "Fuchs aus dem Loche." Handelmann, p.
74.--_French_, Belèze, p. 27, "La Mère Garuche," also "Le Diable
boiteux."--_Ancient Greek_, Pollux, ix. 121. (2.) Halliwell, Pop.
Rh., p. 126, "The Poor Soldier."--_Spanish_, Maspons y Labrós, p.
86, mentioned A.D. 1605, Marin, i. 177. (3.) "The Wadds," Chambers,
p. 124.--_German_, Rochholz, p. 432, No. 52. (4.) Chambers, p.
128, "The Craw."--_German_, Rochholz, p. 445, "Der Teufel an
der Kette." (5.) Nurs. Rh., No. 323, "This is the Key of the
Kingdom."--_German_, Handelmann, p. 39.--_French_, Celnart, p.
181.--_Spanish_, Marin, i. 88.
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