When the birds are made and ready for the pie, hook
A Package on Each Blackbird
([Fig. 237]), and hide the parcel and string down under the sawdust, resting the bird on top of the pie; then when any one wants to purchase a “grab” let him lift any bird he chooses from the pie by means of the hairpin in the bird’s back.
The girl or boy in charge must take the parcel from the hook, give it to the purchaser, quickly slide another package on the hook and sink it down in the pie in place of the first one. While the purchaser is left entirely free to choose, she should take care not to disarrange the packages in the pie.
The Blackbird Pie.
Extra packages must be kept in a covered box or basket at one side, back of the “Blackbird Pie.”
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