The Minister’s Cat
This game is very similar to that of “I love my love.” Each of the players must describe the minister’s cat, going right through the alphabet to do so. “The minister’s cat is an angry cat,” says one;...
View ArticleGuilty or Innocent
One of the company gets himself up to represent the old man of the woods, the rest take the names of various animals, such as lion, tiger, leopard and so on. The players seat themselves round the room...
View ArticleEarth, Air, Fire and Water
To play this game seat yourselves in a circle, take a clean duster or handkerchief, and tie it in a big knot. so that it may easily be thrown from one player to another. One of the players throws it to...
View ArticleThe Farmyard
This game, if carried out properly, will cause great amusement. One of the party announces that he will whisper to each person the name of some animal, which, at a given signal, must be imitated as...
View ArticleCities
Materials required – As many sheets of paper and pencils as there are players. The players seat themselves round a table, and each one is provided with a sheet of paper and a pencil. The hostess then...
View ArticleI Love My Love with an “A”
To play this game it is best for the players to arrange themselves in a half-circle round the room. Then one begins: “I love my love with an “A,” because she is affectionate; I hate her with an “A,”...
View ArticleThe Menagerie
To each member of the company is given the name of a bird or animal by the “Keeper” who is to relate a story of adventure in which the names of the birds and animals are frequently mentioned. At the...
View ArticleMagic Writing
In this game a confederate is necessary. The player states to the company, after a few remarks on ancient sign-language, that he is able to read signs made with a stick on the floor, and agrees to...
View ArticleThe “Mimic” Club
This is a game which causes much amusement to a company of children, and even grown-ups may join in. All the players, with the exception of two, leave the room. One of the outside party is then called...
View ArticleMy Lady’s Toilet
The leader gives to each of the party the name of some article used by a lady-a glove, fan, handkerchief, slippers, veil, belt, ribbon, brooch, back comb, collar, hairpins, cloak, etc, The players to...
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