Games for All Occasions
Transcriber's Note: Alternative and inconsistent spellings in the original have been retained. Underlined words in the original book are shown as bold .
A Merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.
The desire to play and frolic seems to be a heritage of mankind. In infancy and early childhood this joy and exuberance of spirit is given full sway. In youth, that effervescent stage of human existence, joy is unconfined. But in middle age and later life we are prone to stifle this wholesome atmosphere of happiness, with care and worry and perhaps, when a vexed or worried feeling has been allowed to control us, even forbid the children to play at that time. Why not reverse things and drown care and strife in the well-spring of joy given and received by reviving the latent spark of childhood and youth; joining in their pleasures passively or actively and being one of them at heart. So presuming that men are but children of a larger growth, the games, pastimes and entertainments described herewith were collected, remembered and originated respectively with the view of pleasing all of the children, from the tiny tot to, and including the grown-up, each according to their age and temperament.
M. E. B.
Form a long line of children—one behind the other. The leader starts running, and is followed by all the rest. They must be sharp enough to do exactly as the leader does.
After running for a moment or two in the ordinary running step, the leader changes to a hopping step, then to a marching step, quick time, then to a marching step, slow time, claps and runs with hands on sides, hands on shoulders, hands behind, etc.
Finally the leader runs slowly round and round into the centre, and can either wind the children up tightly or can turn them on nearing the centre and run out again. For another change the long line can start running and so unwind the spiral.
All stand in a line except one who is the leader who stands a short distance opposite the line.
Mary E. Blain
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GAMES FOR ALL OCCASIONS
MARY E. BLAIN
A RUNNING MAZE
BEAN BAG
"BIRDS FLY."
BUTTON, BUTTON
BINGO
BLINDMAN'S BUFF
BLOWING THE FEATHER
COCK FIGHTING
CATCHING THE MOUSE
DROP THE HANDKERCHIEF
DONKEY'S TAIL
FROG IN THE MIDDLE
GREEN GRAVEL
HUNT THE RING
HOT TAMALES
HUNT THE SLIPPER
HOT BOILED BEANS AND BACON
HIDE AND SEEK
HISS AND CLAP
LONDON BRIDGE
MISS JENNIA JONES
OATS AND BEANS AND BARLEY
PUSS IN THE CORNER
RULE OF CONTRARY
SOAP BUBBLE BATTLE
SPIDER WEB.
SEVERED FLOWERS
ACTING PROVERBS
BLIND MAN'S WAND
THE BLIND POSTMAN
BLOWING THE CANDLE
CAT AND MOUSE
THE CLAIRVOYANT
THE CUSHION DANCE
"CHANGE SEATS: THE KING'S COME."
DUCK UNDER THE WATER
THE GARDENER
GOING TO JERUSALEM
GAME OF CAT
GRAND MUFTI
HERE I BAKE, HERE I BREW
HAT GAME
THE HUNTSMAN
"HE CAN DO LITTLE WHO CAN'T DO THIS."
HISSING AND CLAPPING
HOLD FAST! LET GO!
HUNT THE WHISTLE
"I SELL MY BAT, I SELL MY BALL"
JUDGE AND JURY
"MY MASTER BIDS YOU DO AS I DO"
MAGIC MUSIC
MALAGA RAISINS
"OUR OLD GRANNIE DOESN'T LIKE TEA"
ORANGES AND LEMONS
OLD SOLDIER
POST-OFFICE
PETER PIPER
THE SEA AND HER CHILDREN
THE STAGE COACH
SHADOW BUFF
STEPS
THE SPELLING GAME
SIMON SAYS
THE SERGEANT
THE SEA KING
TONGUE TWISTERS
TRADES
THINK OF A NUMBER
THIS AND THAT
WHAT AM I DOING?
WONDERMENT
WINK
RIDDLES
ADVICE
ADJECTIVES
"ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, OR MINERAL?"
ACTING RHYMES
THE BIRD-CATCHER
BUZZ
BIRDS, FRUITS AND FLOWERS
CITIES
THE COOK WHO DOESN'T LIKE PEAS
CONSEQUENCES
CROSS QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS
THE CURATE
DEFINITIONS
EARTH, AIR, FIRE AND WATER
THE FARMYARD
THE FORBIDDEN LETTER
THE FORBIDDEN VOWELS
FORTUNE TELLING
THE GAME OF CONVERSATION
GUILTY OR INNOCENT?
GUESSING GROCERIES
GOSSIP
HOW? WHEN? WHERE?
"I LOVE MY LOVE WITH AN A"
IT
"JACK'S ALIVE"
THE MENAGERIE
THE MINISTER'S CAT
MAGIC WRITING
THE "MIMIC" CLUB
MY LADY'S TOILET
PARTNERS
PROVERBS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RUTH AND JACOB
RHYMES
SKETCHES
TRAVELER'S ALPHABET
THOUGHT READING
THE LITTLE DUTCH BAND
"WHAT'S MY THOUGHT LIKE?"
Forfeits
GOOD RESOLUTIONS
TESTING FATES
SPIN THE PLATE
A NEW YEAR'S EVE ENTERTAINMENT
SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW YEAR PARTIES
MILITARY EUCHRE.
GUESSING CONTEST.
SPLITTING RAILS.
BREAKING THE CHAIN.
LOG CABIN.
ST. VALENTINE'S POST OFFICE
CUPID IS COMING
HEART HUNT
CUPID'S DART
A HEART GUESSING CONTEST
BROKEN HEARTS
TWO HEARTS THAT BEAT AS ONE
A WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON IN WHITE AND RED
CHERRY RIPE
WASHINGTON PI
CROSSING THE DELAWARE
AN APRIL FIRST FESTIVAL
FOLLIES OF FORTUNE
FOLLOW MY FOOT-STEPS
FOOLISHNESS
IT IS TO LAUGH
THE MUSEUM
A LUNCHEON IN WHITE AND YELLOW
AN EASTER BONNET PARTY
MATCHING EGGS
EGG RACE
HEN AND CHICKENS
AN EGG HUNT
BOWLING
MAY POLE DANCE
MAY-DAY FETE
VARIEGATED ROSES
RING AROUND A ROSY
DROP THE FLOWER
WHAT WILL YOU DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY
RALLY ROUND THE FLAG
TORPEDO HUNT
THE FLAG OF THE FREE
BATTLES OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR FOURTH OF JULY
FLAGS OF ALL NATIONS
APPLE SEEDS
APPLE PARING
APPLE-SEED TEST
BLIND NUT SEEKERS
BARREL-HOOP
RAISIN RACE
HALLOW-E'EN SOUVENIR GAME
CANDLE AND APPLE
TRUE-LOVER TEST
RING AND GOBLET
THREADING A NEEDLE
ALPHABET GAME
NEEDLE GAME
APPLES AND FLOUR
CYNIVER
WALNUT BOATS
WINDING YARN
SNAPDRAGON
NECKLACE
WINNOWING CORN
MAGIC STAIRS
PUMPKIN ALPHABET
JUMPING LIGHTED CANDLE
DUMB CAKE
HIDING RING, THIMBLE AND PENNY
PULLING KALE
PERPLEXING HUNT
DOUGH TEST
WATER EXPERIMENT
THE DREAMER
MIRROR AND APPLE
CELLAR STAIRS
AROUND THE WALNUT TREE
DUCKING FOR APPLES
COMBING HAIR BEFORE MIRROR
THE FOUR SAUCERS
GAME OF FATE
WHERE DWELLS MY LOVER?
FEATHER TESTS
ROSE TEST
DRY BREAD
THE LOAF CAKE
TO TRY ONE'S LUCK
MELTING LEAD
NAMING CHESTNUTS
THE MIRROR
BOWLS
LOVER'S TEST
FLOUR TEST
APPLE SEEDS
AFTER DINNER GAMES FOR THANKSGIVING DAY
A DINNER FOR HISTORIC CELEBRITIES
A DINNER FOR LITERARY CELEBRITIES
NUTS TO CRACK
JOLLY ST. NICHOLAS
CHRISTMAS STOCKING
CHRISTMAS CANDLES
HOLLY WREATH OR SNOW BALL
A LUNCHEON FOR LITERARY WOMEN
INDEX
GAMES FOR TINY TOTS
GAMES FOR CHILDREN
GAMES FOR ADULTS
FORFEITS
GAMES FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS
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