Do you like butter Do you like cheese do you like sitting on the housemaid’s knee?

1940s] Children’s games etc.: A chant – Hold a buttercup under the chin and say: ‘Do you like butter? ‘ if there is a yellow reflection on the skin, it is yes ‘Do you like cheese? ‘ same again, I think ‘Do you like sitting on housemaid’s knee? ‘ occasion for much giggling [Orpington, Kent, February 2007].