Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium

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Macmillan, 1909 - Počet stran: 456
Describes how to play a variety of games.
 

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Strana 220 - The Grand Old Duke of York, He had ten thousand men. He marched them up to the top of the hill And he marched them down again. And when they were up, they were up. And when they were down, they were down, And when they were only half-way up They w:ere neither up nor down.
Strana 278 - London bridge is falling down, Falling down, falling down. London bridge is falling down, My fair lady!
Strana 261 - Did you ever see a lassie, a lassie, a lassie, Did you ever see a lassie do this way and that? Do this way and that way, and this way and that way, Did you ever see a lassie do this way and that?
Strana 283 - The Mulberry Bush Here we go round the mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, The mulberry bush. Here we go round the mulberry bush, So early in the morning.
Strana 170 - Then three times round went our gallant ship, And three times round went she ; For the want of a life-boat they all went down, And she sank to the bottom of the sea.
Strana 285 - Here we come gathering nuts in May, Nuts in May, nuts in May; Here we come gathering nuts in May, On a cold and frosty morning.
Strana 56 - All but one of the players stand in a circle with hands firmly clasped. The odd player stands in the center and is the "bull." The " bull " tries to break through the ring by parting the hands of any of the players. If he breaks through, the two players whose hands he parted immediately give chase to him, and the one catching him becomes the "bull.
Strana 305 - At a signal from a leader, each player turns toward his right hand neighbor and tosses his bean bag to him, turning at once to receive the bag which is coming to him from the left. The game should move rapidly but of course this is a matter of skill and may have to be acquired. With very little children it may be advisable...
Strana 106 - The goal should be 10 or more feet from the starting line and may consist of a wall or a line drawn on the ground. At a signal, the first player in each line hops on one foot to the goal and...
Strana 22 - The use of games for both children nnd adults has a deep significance for the individual and the community through the conservation of physical, mental and moral vitality." "In ethnology the study of the origin and distribution of games 'furnishes,' says Mr. Culin, 'the most perfect existing evidence of the underlying foundation of mythic concepts upon which so much of the fabric of our culture is built.

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