Note 2 — CHILDREN’S GAMES (continued 2)
Reading edition
Matron is not a word in common use among Lancashire people.
[3] d not sounded.
[4] Another version has “pree,” which means in Scotch, taste, hence kiss.
[5] At Earls Heaton two verses or lines are added, viz.:—
“If she is not here to take her part, Choose another with all your heart.”