Bulleribock

{{Short description|Swedish guessing game}} '''Bulleribock''' or '''bulleri bock''' is a Swedish children's guessing game for two people.

The game is played as follows: person A turns his back to person B, who taps both hands rhythmically on A's back while saying a rhythmic, rhymed chant: ''Bulleri, bulleri bock, hur många horn står opp?'' (lit. "Bulleri, bulleri billy goat, how many horns stand up?"). B then stops drumming, but keeps some of his fingertips on A's back. A then guesses how many fingers are pressed against his back. B responds with a chant corresponding to the right or the wrong answer, and the persons switch roles.

Bulleribock was described in Nordlander (1886), where a number of slightly different varieties of the chant from different parts of Sweden and Swedish-speaking Finland were attested.<ref>Nordlander, Johan. 1886. ''Svenska barnvisor och barnrim'', vol 1, p. 115-116.</ref> It is still a popular game among young children in Sweden.<ref>Widerberg, Gertrud. 1993. ''Bulleri bulleri bock! : ramsor om våra husdjur'' Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren. {{ISBN|91-29-62233-6}}</ref>

==See also== * Two-point discrimination

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Category:Party games