The sentence is then declared.
Another formula, used in the Middle and Southern States, is: “Heavy, heavy, what hangs over you?”
The German usage is nearly the same, the question being: “Judge, what is your sentence, what shall he do whose pledge I have in my hand?” Any proper penalty may be named.
The Game of Location.
Sides are chosen and the opposing parties stand in separate lines as for a spelling match. No. 1 of one side mentions the name of some city or town in any part of the globe, and No. 1 of the other side must locate it before his opponent has finished counting ten or twenty, as may be agreed. He then, in turn, names a city which No. 2 on the other side must locate. If anyone fails to give the correct location before the expiration of the ten counts, a member from the side he represents is chosen by the other.
The Game of Clumps.
Sides are chosen, and a representative from each side goes from the room. After choosing the object to be guessed, they return, each going to his opponent’s side, where he is asked questions to be answered by “yes” or “no,” concerning the object selected. The side which first guesses correctly has the privilege of choosing a member from the opposing side. Then the successful guesser of one party and the player who has been most nearly successful on the other go from the room and choose a new subject. The two parties must be separated by some distance and the questioning carried on in a low voice, so that nothing said by one side can be heard by the other. An illustration:
For instance, the object chosen is the thumb on the right hand of the Washington Monument.
Question. “Does it belong to the animal kingdom?”
Answer. “No.”