other article, which he should pretend requires repairing; he should
then act the workman, by taking off his coat, rolling up his sleeves,
and commencing work, often dropping his tools, and grumbling about
them the whole of the time.

If this game be acted well, it may be made very entertaining.
Sometimes the audience are made to pay a forfeit each time they fail
to guess the proverb.

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SHOUTING PROVERBS

This is rather a noisy game. One of the company goes outside the door,
and during his absence a proverb is chosen and a word of it is
given to each member of the company. When the player who is outside
re-enters the room, one of the company counts "One, two, three," then
all the company simultaneously shout out the word that has been given
to him or her of the proverb that has been chosen.

If there are more players present than there are words in the proverb,
two or three of them must have the same word. The effect of all the
company shouting out together is very funny. All that is necessary is
for the guesser to have a sharp ear; then he is pretty sure to catch a
word here and there that will give him the key to the proverb.

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PROVERBS