A hundred years ago when I was younger, and I was once, I learned a real neat "Basque" drinking song. The words I can sing phoetically. The Translation is something like this:

"pass the shoe, from me to you, to you, to you, etc."

The game is played with full beers. A small group sits at a table with a full mug in each hand. As the song is sung, the mugs are passed to the person on your left. At one point of the song, the mugs reverse direction. It starts slow, but steadily picks up speed. As the mugs go faster, slamming on the table, the first one to spill a beer, loses. His penality is to drink all the beer and buy the next round.

I've actually enjoyed playing this game with children on the floor, using anything other than mugs of beer. It's a great ice breaker and the kids love to learn a song in another language and then sing (yell) at the top of their little lungs. They especially enjoy it when the parents all come running into the kitchen floor to see what the noise in and I tell them to be quiet as we're doing a serious game here!!! CHEERS, Bob