To James—“What is your favorite pastime?”
Alice—“Putting dolly to bed.”
To Freda—“What is the color of your face?”
Andrew (afraid to say “white” for fear of forfeit)—“Green.”
Cabbages
Any number of players can take part in this game. They kneel in a circle on the floor with fingers stretched out before them and thumbs tucked in.
The game is started by the leader’s query to her neighbor: “Can you play cabbages?”
As the latter has not been initiated into the mysteries of the game, she at once replies—
“No.”
The question is asked by each player, and is always answered in the negative until the circle is completed, when the leader again queries: