Entertainments for Home, Church and School by Frederica Seeger
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One-half the company is blindfolded; these are then seated in such a
way that each has a vacant chair at his right hand. The other half of the players gather in the middle of the room. This is done silently. The unblindfolded players will each one take one of the empty seats next to those who are blindfolded. When requested to speak or sing they must do so. It is permissible to disguise the voice. The blindfolded neighbor must guess who is speaking or singing. The bandages are not taken off until the wearer has guessed correctly the name of the person at his right. When he guesses correctly, the one whose name was guessed is blindfolded and takes the guesser's place. The leader gives a signal, and the players who are unblindfolded walk softly to a vacant chair. The leader then plays a familiar air on an instrument, and says, "sing!" All must sing until he suddenly stops playing. The guessing goes on as before until the leader decides to stop it. TONGUE-TWISTERS--ANY NUMBER OF PLAYERS The amusing game of tongue-twisters is played thus: The leader gives out a sentence (one of the following), and each repeats it in turn, any player who gets tangled up in the pronunciation having to pay forfeit. A haddock! a haddock! a black-spotted haddock, a black spot on the black back of the black-spotted haddock. She sells sea shells. She stood at the door of Mr. Smith's fish-sauce shop, welcoming him in. |
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