- Yes,
- No,
- Sometime,
- Possibly,
- Never,
- At twenty-five,
- Probably,
- Depends on myself,
- If I can,
- I’ll try,
- When the time comes,
- Of course,
- Three times,
- Before you know it,
- Not if I can help it,
- Certainly,
- Doubtful,
- Surely.
Put all the fairy airships into a pasteboard box-lid, which you have previously punched full of holes, and, standing on a stool or chair, hold the box-lid high in the air while you slowly and impressively say to the company: “These fairy airships will decide your fate regarding marriage. Will you marry?” At the word “marry” launch the ships of fate by fanning vigorously under the box-lid with a large palm-leaf fan, which will send the ships flying in every direction; as they sail through the air each player must endeavor to catch one before it falls.
When order has been restored and all have their airships, each girl and boy in turn must read aloud the prophecy brought by the fairy vessel.
All the party will enjoy the
Blarney Stone Game
Place a large, clean stone on a doily-covered fancy plate which rests on a table in the centre of the room, and tell your guests that a certain spell cast on the famous Blarney Stone in Ireland caused the virtues of that wonderful stone to be transmitted to the stone in the very room where they stand, and that if a girl or boy, when blindfolded, can walk up to the table and kiss the Hallowe’en Blarney Stone, she or he will ever after be jolly and happy and prove a most agreeable companion. Then tie a handkerchief across the eyes of each of the players in turn and let them walk up to and try to kiss the stone before the witches come to take away the magic spell, which they will do long before the clock strikes twelve at midnight.
During the evening be sure to try fortunes by the
Fortune Jingle
On different sheets of paper write one of the following verses:
“One is good fortune,