# Bulleribock

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{{Short description|Swedish guessing game}}
'''Bulleribock''' or '''bulleri bock''' is a [Swedish](/source/Sweden) [child](/source/child)ren's guessing [game](/source/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](/source/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 [finger](/source/finger)s 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](/source/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](/source/Two-point_discrimination)

==References==
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Category:Party games

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