the first line, then puts it to the child's belly and makes as if boring a hole, repeating the second line at first slowly, then more rapidly:—
(a)—"Heat a womle, heat a womle,
Bore a holie, bore, bore, bore." (Keith.)
Other forms are:—
(b)—"Heat a womle, heat a womle,
Bore a holie, bore a holie." (Mrs. Scott, Aberdour.)
(c)—"Heat a womlie, heat a womlie,
Bore a holie, bore a holie." (Mrs. Fraser, New Byth.)
(d)—"Heat a womle, heat a womle,
Bore a bagie, bore a bagie." (Mrs. Gardiner, Banff.)
And—
(e)—"Heat a womle, heat a womle,
Bore a hole in 's belly."
(The child's name is repeated.)
(Mrs. Mirrlees, Renton, Dumbarton.)
V.
1.—"The Lady's Ride."
This is done by placing the child astride on one knee laid over the other, and suiting the upward and downward motion of the legs to the words, making the motion at first quite gentle, but increasing it by degrees in roughness till the child is tossed quite up from the knee; or the child may be placed on the ankle of the one leg resting on the knee of the other. The child is kept in its place by the amuser taking hold of its hands. The formulæ are various: [1]—
(a)—"This is the way that the ladies ride,
Jumpin sma', jumpin sma';
This is the way that the gentlemen ride,
Wheep awa', wheep awa';
This is the way that the cadgers ride,
Creels an a', creels an a'." (Pitsligo.)
(b)—"This is the wye the lady rides,
Jumpin sma', jumpin sma'.
This is the wye the gentleman rides,
Trot awa', trot awa'.
Hobble, cadger, creels an a', hobble, cadger, creels an a."
- ↑ Nursery Tales and Nursery Rhymes of England, by Halliwell, cccxlix. p. 74; see p. 209, Popular Rhymes of Scotland, by R. Chambers, p, 20.
