<P> Another possibility is that British colonials returning from the Sub-Continent introduced a doggerel version of an Indian children's rhyme used in the game of carom billiards: </P> <Dl> <Dd> ubi eni mana bou, </Dd> <Dd> baji neki baji thou, </Dd> <Dd> elim tilim latim gou . </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> ubi eni mana bou, </Dd> <Dd> baji neki baji thou, </Dd>

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