5. A play consists of any number of trials until the two eggs are broken.
6. Two eggs shall constitute a play when there is no tie; in case of a tie there shall be three eggs.
Butterflies as well as eggs are appropriate for Easter and the
Butterfly Game
will come in well as second on your programme.
All the girls are butterflies in this game and all the boys are collectors. The collectors are stationed in different parts of the room and stand some distance, at least six feet, apart. They may not move their feet to step in any direction, but, standing in one spot, may reach out on all sides with their hands as they try to catch the butterflies flitting past them.
Each Butterfly
must lift the skirt of her dress with both hands and move it back and forth as she flies among, around and between the collectors. This moving of skirts as mimic wings makes the game appear very pretty to the onlookers, and the collectors find it difficult to grasp the fluttering draperies.
It is the Part of Every Collector