Snip-Snap-Snorum

The game is recorded as early as 1821 being played in Suffolk, England, as Mayor of Coventry.[9] Normally called Earl of Coventry, it is just the same as Snip-Snap-Snorum, but played without counters for a simple win. The leader says "There's as good a 6 can be" (if they had played a six). The second player says "There's a 6 as good as he", the third "There's the best of all the three", and the fourth "And there's the Earl of Coventry". Optionally, players may be required to make a different rhyming statement every time they play a fourth card.[10]

A related game called Jig is somewhat a cross between Snip-Snap and Stops, in that the aim of succeeding players is not to match rank but to play the next higher card of the same suit, from Ace low to King high.

The leader plays any card and says "Snip", and the next four able to continue the sequence announce respectively "Snap", "Snorum", "Hicockalorum", "Jig".[11] The last turns down the five-card sequence and starts a new one. When a sequence cannot be continued because the last card was a King or the next card has been played out, the last player says "Jig" regardless of position, and leads to the next round. As before, the first out of cards receives 1 counter for each card left in other players' hands. [11]

Moor describes an old Suffolk variant allows that any number to play. The cards are all dealt out and elder plays one, saying or singing "there's a good card for thee," passing it to the right. The next person with a card of the same rank says "there's a still better than he," and passes both onward. The person with the third says "there's the best of all three" and the holder of the fourth crowns it all with "And there is Niddy-Noddeee!", winning the tack (trick) and starting again. Moor acknowledges an alternative final line of "and there's the Lord Mayor of Coventreee!"[9]

An extended version called Schnipp Schnapp Schnurr Burr Basilorum is played in Germany. Kings are not stops but are followed by Ace, Two, etc.[11][4] The rules are recorded as early as 1868 in the Electorate of Hesse under their original name of Schnipp Schnapp Schnurr Apostolorum, the last word "also being abbreviated to Bostelorum or Bastelorum" and, later, Baselorum. In the variant described by Vilmar, players must lead either with a Seven or a Jack. He goes on to explains that the original meaning was to imply a game being played between the Four Apostles or Evangelists, but that its corruption to Baselorum by another author diminished its potential irreverence.[12]

American author Eliza Leslie in 1831 records a game for girls called Tommy Come Tickle Me which is like Earl of Coventry above. A full pack of 52 cards is used. Players cut for first deal, highest wins. Aces are high. The dealer distributes the whole pack and the player to the left leads saying "Here's a very good king for me" as she plays any card, in this case a king. The next player with a king plays it saying "Here's another, as good as he". The next player with a king does likewise saying "Here's the best of all the three" and the player with the fourth king says "And here's Tommy come tickle me." If a player is unable to play a card of the required rank, she says "It passes me." A player with two or three cards of the same sort that is wanted may play them in succession. The player who plays the fourth card, "Tommy come tickle me," takes up the trick and lays it beside her. She is then next to lead. The first one out wins.[13]