As the game begins, the children say:—
The handkerchief is thrown,
Find quickly where 'tis gone:
From you to me, from me to you,
To keep it long will never do.
37. PICKING UP POTATOES
Take twelve potatoes and place them in two rows of six each, thus:—
Two medium-sized spoons are required with which to take up the potatoes, and a basket is placed two or three yards away to receive them.
Two children are chosen to pick up the potatoes, one standing at the end of each row. The rest of the children may be grouped on the gallery, or may stand round in a ring.
The following verse is repeated either by teacher alone, or by all the children, as the spoon is handed to each child.
Take this spoon, and with it see
That you lift so carefully
These potatoes. One! two! three!