No. 97 Hold Fast My Gold Ring
The children sit in a circle, with hands closed; one takes the ring, and goes around with it, tapping the closed fists of the players as if inserting the ring, and saying:
Biddy, biddy, hold fast my gold ring,
Till I go to London, and come back again.
Each child, in turn, is then required to guess who has the ring, and, if successful, takes the leader’s place; if unsuccessful, he pays forfeit.
Georgia.
This is known in Massachusetts as,
Button, button, who’s got the button?
Another form of the question is, “Fox, fox, who’s got the box?”
In England the game goes,
My lady’s lost her diamond ring,
I pitch on you to find it.