One boy turns his back to the player and, bending his head low, rests
his hands on his knees. This is called "Giving a back." The other boy
places his hands on the first boy's back and leaps over him, by
straddling his legs wide apart on each side like a frog. The second
boy then assumes the stooping posture, and the third boy leaps over
the first and second, and the fourth over all three, one at a time, of
course.

This goes on until there is no boy left who is not stooping. Then the
first boy's back straightens up and he goes leaping over his fellows
and again gives a back, while the second follows, and so on until they
are all tired and the game ceases.

FOOT-AN'-HALF

The foot mentioned in this title is not the foot marked on a United
States standard rule, but a boyish foot enclosed in a rusty shoe and
owned by the leader in the game. The boy who is "it" is known as First
Back. He stands in the proper position at a taw.

The leader tells the First Back how and where to stand, then lays his
hands on the stooping shoulders and straddles over When the leader
strikes, he makes a mark to show the place, and the First Back takes
his place on this line. All the other boys must clear First Back from
the taw line, not always an easy task if the leader is a good jumper.

When the leader's turn comes around again he marks a new taw line
about a foot and a half--he uses his own foot for a measure--about
eighteen inches or "foot-an'-half" in advance of the old one. On the