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Wicket Polo
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Going To Jerusalem
_10 to 60 or more players._ _Parlor; gymnasium; schoolro...

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For this game a long piece of string is required. On this a r...

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_10 to 60 players._ _Schoolroom; playground._ Two opp...

Egg Race
Place six hard boiled Easter eggs on each side of the room ab...

Food
Seed-eating birds do best if they are fed on canary seed and ...

Geography
The pupils of each aisle constitute a team. Those in the fron...

Old Hen And Chickens
Choose a leader to be the old hen, who goes out of the room. ...

Chinese Gambling

Source: What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games And Pastimes
Category: PLAYING ALONE, AND GAMES IN BED





This is the simplest game possible but will while away endless hours.
It is played with nothing but your hands, which are made to assume
three positions: one with clenched fist; one spread out flat; and one
with first and second finger spread apart like the blades of scissors.
The first is called "the stone," the second "the paper" and the third
"the scissors." Very rapidly both players strike their right hand
(clenched) into the left palm three times, and then both at the same
instant bring up the right hand in one of the three positions. The
winner is determined by this formula: "Scissors cut paper. Stone
breaks scissors. Paper wraps stone." That is if you have made your
hand "the stone" and your companion "the paper," he wins. But if you
had chosen "the scissors" you would have won. The winner must call out
the formula that fits the case, "Scissors cut paper" for instance, and
count is kept of the number of losses and gains. The one who comes out
ahead after a half-hour's contest is the winner of that bout.




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