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THANKSGIVING : AFTER
THE FEAST!
FAMILY GAMES |
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| "Before long everyone was trying to escape from grandpa
who was as eager for a game of Blind Man’s Buff as anybody, and who at last caught
Becky, who in turn caught Howard Colby because he didn’t try to get out of her way. |
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"Blind Man’s Buff" from Harper’s
Magazine 1857 |
| This ended that game, but everybody was so warmed up to the fun that when it was
proposed to carry on a game of Hide and Seek out of doors all agreed, and Edna was so
convulsed with laughter to see her dignified, great-uncle Wilbur crouching behind a
wood-pile and peeping fearfully over the top that she forgot to hide herself properly and
was discovered by Ben in a moment." |
From : A Dear Little Girl’s Thanksgiving Holidays,
by Amy E. Blanchard. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman Publishing Co., c.1910. |
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for directions on how to play Blind Man's Buff. |
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OTHER VICTORIAN PARLOR GAMES |
| "…she had never spent a merrier, happier evening. Her own frank, pleasant
manner had soon set her at ease with her young cousins, and she found herself entering
into the spirit of "Puss in the corner," "Proverbs," "Guess my
name," and "Cross Purposes," with quite as lively a sense of
enjoyment." |
From : "Rosa’s Thanksgiving at Brookhaven" by S. Annie Frost.
In Godey’s Lady’s Book, 1868. |
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directions on how to play "Puss in the Corner" and "Proverbs." |
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