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Article : 1,269 wordsThe company sit on chairs in a circle, one person stands in the middle and is blind-folded the seated company must change places, and then stretch out their hands. ...
Article : 108 wordsA row of chairs is placed as if for musical chairs—that is, one faces one way, the next the other, and so on; there must be one chair less than the number playing. A leader is ...
Article : 181 wordsAll the players but one are blindfolded, then the one who can see, runs about and torches first one, then the other; the blind-folded ones cause much fun by catching each ...
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Article : 115 wordsEach player is furnished with a penny palm-leaf not more than six persons should play at once, and they should arrange themselves in a row at one end of the room. ...
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Article : 1,195 wordsThe gentleman who acts the part of Jeweller whispers into the car of each player the name of the gem he or she has to be known by. Thus wispers ...
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Darling Downs Gazette (Qld. : 1881 - 1922), Sat 22 Dec 1900, Page 8
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