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Take Away
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A messenger is a piece of cardboard or paper with a good-size...

Distemper
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Clearing The Table
(For directions as to laying the table, see game No. 1.) ...

Tit For Tat.
Plan to have an even number of guests invited, half ladies ...

Story-books
And (in "The Land of Story-Books"):-- Now, with my littl...

To Try One's Luck

Source: Games For All Occasions
Category: HALLOW-E'EN





In a dish of mashed potatoes place a ring, a dime, and a thimble. Each
guest is provided with a spoon with which to eat the potatoes; whoever
gets the ring is to be married within a year; the thimble signifies
single blessedness, while the dime prophesies riches or a legacy.

Some canny lassies have been known to get the ring into one of their
very first spoonfuls, and have kept it for fun in their mouths, tucked
snugly beneath the tongue, until the dish was emptied. Such a lass was
believed to possess the rare accomplishment of being able to hold her
tongue, but nevertheless tricky.




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