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There is also the old rhyme of "Chitterbob," but it is usual in repeating this to say it all at once, in one round, and not prolong the task. This is the rhyme:—

There was a man and his name was Cob

He had a wife and her name was Mob,

He had a dog and his name was Bob,

She had a cat and her name was Chitterbob.

"Bob," says Cob;

"Chitterbob," says Mob.

Bob was Cob's dog,

Mob's cat was Chitterbob,

Cob, Mob, Bob, and Chitterbob.

In the old way of playing "Chitterbob" a paper horn used to be twisted into the player's hair for each mistake made in the recitation, and at the end these horns could be got rid of only by paying forfeits.