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spectacle of so-called national games, Baseball and Football in America, Handball in Ireland, Pelota in Spain, and so on; but natural expression through games has always been and probably always will be infinitely varied, and should be if the psychology of the subject is to be taken as a guide.
In the arrangement of material there has many times been a strong temptation to classify the games by their historic, geographic, psychologic, or educational interests; by the playing elements contained in them; or by several other possible methods which are of interest chiefly to the academic student; but these have each in turn been discarded in favor of the original intention of making the book preรซminently a useful working manual for the player or leader of games.
[Sidenote: Varying modes of play]
The same games are found not only in many different countries and localities, but under different names and with many variations in the form of playing them. This has necessitated a method of an
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Sun Dial
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Tag Games 60+ 191 Ten Steps 30+ 193 Thimble Ring 30+ 194 Third Man 100 194 Third Slap 30+ 195 Three Deep 60 196 Tommy Tiddler's Ground 30+ 197 Tossing Wands 60+ 198 Trades 60+ 199 Tree Party 60 199 Triple Change 60+ 100
Tag Games 60+ 191 Ten Steps 30+ 193 Thimble Ring 30+ 194 Third Man 100 194 Third Slap 30+ 195 Three Deep 60 196 Tommy Tiddler's Ground 30+ 197 Tossing Wands 60+ 198 Trades 60+ 199 Tree Party 60 199 Triple Change 60+ 100
Tug of War (See Catch and Pull Tug of War and Wand Tug of War, also Contests for Two, under "Feats and Forfeits.")
Under the Cuckoo's Nest 30 201
Wand Race 30+ 102 Wand Tug of War 100 203 Water Sprite 30+ 103 Wee Bologna Man, The 60+ 104 Whip Tag 30+ 105 Who goes round my Stone Wall? 30+ 106 Wolf 30+ 108 Wood Tag 30+ 109
Quiet Games See Section on Quiet Games 213
Under the Cuckoo's Nest 30 201
Wand Race 30+ 102 Wand Tug of War 100 203 Water Sprite 30+ 103 Wee Bologna Man, The 60+ 104 Whip Tag 30+ 105 Who goes round my Stone Wall? 30+ 106 Wolf 30+ 108 Wood Tag 30+ 109
Quiet Games See Section on Quiet Games 213
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Numbers Page Did you ever see a Lassie? 60+ 161 Draw a Bucket of Water 60+ 163 Duck Dance, The 30+ 164
Farmer in the Dell 30+ 165
Hunting 60+ 167
Itisket, Itasket 30+ 168
Keep Moving 60+ 170 King of France 60+ 173 Kitty White 30+ 174
Leaves are Green 60+ 176 Let the Feet go Tramp 60+ 176 London Bridge 30+ 178 Looby Loo 60+ 180
Muffin Man 30+ 182 Mulberry Bush 60+ 183
Nuts in May 60+ 185
Oats, Peas, Beans 60 287
Round and Round the Village 30+ 190
Snail 60+ 192
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Numbers Page Did you ever see a Lassie? 60+ 161 Draw a Bucket of Water 60+ 163 Duck Dance, The 30+ 164
Farmer in the Dell 30+ 165
Hunting 60+ 167
Itisket, Itasket 30+ 168
Keep Moving 60+ 170 King of France 60+ 173 Kitty White 30+ 174
Leaves are Green 60+ 176 Let the Feet go Tramp 60+ 176 London Bridge 30+ 178 Looby Loo 60+ 180
Muffin Man 30+ 182 Mulberry Bush 60+ 183
Nuts in May 60+ 185
Oats, Peas, Beans 60 287
Round and Round the Village 30+ 190
Snail 60+ 192
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Numbers Page Bag Pile 100 303 Bean Bag Board 30+ 104 Bean Bag Box 305 Bean Bag Circle Toss 30+ 105 Bean Bag Ring Throw 60+ 106
Criss-cross Goal 60+ 107
Passing Race 100 312 Pass and Toss Relay (Single Line) 60 313 Pass and Toss Relay (Double Line) 314
Target Toss 60 315 Teacher and Class 60 316
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Numbers Page Bag Pile 100 303 Bean Bag Board 30+ 104 Bean Bag Box 305 Bean Bag Circle Toss 30+ 105 Bean Bag Ring Throw 60+ 106
Criss-cross Goal 60+ 107
Passing Race 100 312 Pass and Toss Relay (Single Line) 60 313 Pass and Toss Relay (Double Line) 314
Target Toss 60 315 Teacher and Class 60 316
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Numbers Page All Run 30+ 121 Arch Ball 100 321 Arch Goal Ball 60 323
Call Ball 30+ 138 Center Catch Ball 30+ 155 Circle Ball 60+ 156 Club Bowls 60+ 159 Center Club Bowls 355 Line Club Bowls (Single) 386 Line Club Bowls (Double) 385 Corner Spry 60+ 160
Dodgeball 60+ 163
Over and Under Relay 100 392 Overtake 60 393
Ring Call Ball 30+ 199 Round Ball 60+ 101
Zigzag Games 100 419 Circle Zigzag 419 Line ZigzagโI 421 Line ZigzagโII 422 Line ZigzagโIII 423 Zigzag Overhead Toss 424
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Numbers Page All Run 30+ 121 Arch Ball 100 321 Arch Goal Ball 60 323
Call Ball 30+ 138 Center Catch Ball 30+ 155 Circle Ball 60+ 156 Club Bowls 60+ 159 Center Club Bowls 355 Line Club Bowls (Single) 386 Line Club Bowls (Double) 385 Corner Spry 60+ 160
Dodgeball 60+ 163
Over and Under Relay 100 392 Overtake 60 393
Ring Call Ball 30+ 199 Round Ball 60+ 101
Zigzag Games 100 419 Circle Zigzag 419 Line ZigzagโI 421 Line ZigzagโII 422 Line ZigzagโIII 423 Zigzag Overhead Toss 424
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Numbers Page All Run 30+ 121 Arch Ball 100 321 Arch Goal Ball 100 323
Ball Chase 324 Balloon Ball 325 Balloon Goal 100 326 Ball Puss 30+ 127 Ball Stand 328 Ball Tag 329 Basket Ball Distance Throw 329 Battle Ball 331 Bombardment 100 334 Boundary Ball 100 335 Bound Ball 30+ 136
Call Ball 30+ 138 Captain BallโI 339 Captain BallโII 60 341 Captain BallโIII 30+ 144 (See Emperor Ball, Progressive Captain Ball.) Center Base 30+ 154 Center Catch Ball 30+ 155 Center Club Bowls 30+ 155 Circle Ball 60+ 156 Circle Club Bowls 60+ 157 Circle Dodgeball 60 364 Circle Stride Ball 30+ 158 Circle Zigzag (see Zigzag.) 419 Corner Ball 30+ 159 Corner Spry 60 360 Crackabout 60 360 Curtain Ball 100 361
Dodgeball 60+ 163 Double Corner Ball 100 370 Double Dodgeball 60 365 Drive Ball 30+ 175
Emperor Ball 30+ 146
Fist Ball 30+ 176 Football Tag 30+ 179
Hand Ball DrillโI (Elementary) 100 380 Hand Ball DrillโII (Advanced) 100 381 Hand Football 30+ 182
Line Ball 60 384 Line Club Bowls (Double) 60+ 185 Line Club Bowls (Single) 60+ 186 Line Zigzag 421-423
Mount Ball 100 387
Nine-court Basket Ball 60 388
Over and Under Relay 100 392 Overtake 60+ 193
Pass Ball Relay 100 395 Pig in a Hole 60+ 197 Progressive Captain Ball 100 349 Progressive Dodgeball 366
Ring Call Ball 30+ 199 Roley Poley 399 Round Ball 60+ 101 Russian Hole Ball 401
Spud 100 404 Square Ball 30+ 104 Stool Ball 406 Stride Ball 100 407
Tether Ball 409 Three Holes 411 Toss Ball 60 412 Tree Ball 413
Volley Ball 30 413
Wall Ball Drill 416 War 60+ 117
Zigzag Games 419 Circle Zigzag 60 419 Line ZigzagโI 100 421 Line ZigzagโII 100 422 Line ZigzagโIII 100 423 Zigzag Overhead Toss 100 424 GAMES FOR BOYS' AND GIRLS' SUMMER CAMPS
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Numbers Page All Run 30+ 121 Arch Ball 100 321 Arch Goal Ball 100 323
Ball Chase 324 Balloon Ball 325 Balloon Goal 100 326 Ball Puss 30+ 127 Ball Stand 328 Ball Tag 329 Basket Ball Distance Throw 329 Battle Ball 331 Bombardment 100 334 Boundary Ball 100 335 Bound Ball 30+ 136
Call Ball 30+ 138 Captain BallโI 339 Captain BallโII 60 341 Captain BallโIII 30+ 144 (See Emperor Ball, Progressive Captain Ball.) Center Base 30+ 154 Center Catch Ball 30+ 155 Center Club Bowls 30+ 155 Circle Ball 60+ 156 Circle Club Bowls 60+ 157 Circle Dodgeball 60 364 Circle Stride Ball 30+ 158 Circle Zigzag (see Zigzag.) 419 Corner Ball 30+ 159 Corner Spry 60 360 Crackabout 60 360 Curtain Ball 100 361
Dodgeball 60+ 163 Double Corner Ball 100 370 Double Dodgeball 60 365 Drive Ball 30+ 175
Emperor Ball 30+ 146
Fist Ball 30+ 176 Football Tag 30+ 179
Hand Ball DrillโI (Elementary) 100 380 Hand Ball DrillโII (Advanced) 100 381 Hand Football 30+ 182
Line Ball 60 384 Line Club Bowls (Double) 60+ 185 Line Club Bowls (Single) 60+ 186 Line Zigzag 421-423
Mount Ball 100 387
Nine-court Basket Ball 60 388
Over and Under Relay 100 392 Overtake 60+ 193
Pass Ball Relay 100 395 Pig in a Hole 60+ 197 Progressive Captain Ball 100 349 Progressive Dodgeball 366
Ring Call Ball 30+ 199 Roley Poley 399 Round Ball 60+ 101 Russian Hole Ball 401
Spud 100 404 Square Ball 30+ 104 Stool Ball 406 Stride Ball 100 407
Tether Ball 409 Three Holes 411 Toss Ball 60 412 Tree Ball 413
Volley Ball 30 413
Wall Ball Drill 416 War 60+ 117
Zigzag Games 419 Circle Zigzag 60 419 Line ZigzagโI 100 421 Line ZigzagโII 100 422 Line ZigzagโIII 100 423 Zigzag Overhead Toss 100 424 GAMES FOR BOYS' AND GIRLS' SUMMER CAMPS
The games in this list are selected with a view to suitableness for the open country, and to a wide range of ages which often are found in summer camps. The so-called "quiet" games are not necessarily noiseless, but are distinguished from active games in which the players move around.
ACTIVE GAMES
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All-up Relay
45
Animal Blind Man's Buff
46
Animal Chase
46
Arrow Chase
47
Barley Break 48 Baste the Bear 49 Bear in the Pit 50 Bird Catcher, The 52 Black and White 52 Black Tom 54 Blind Bell 55 Blind Man's Buff 55 Body Guard 56 Bull in the Ring 56 Bunch of Ivy 57 Bung the Bucket 57 Buying a Lock 58
Cat and Rat 60 Catch and Pull Tug of War 60 Catch of Fish 61 Catch the Cane 62 Centipede 63 Chickadee-dee 65 Chicken Market 66 Chickidy Hand 67 Chinese Chicken 68 Chinese Wall 68 Circle Race 69 Circle Relay 70 Club Snatch 72 Cock Stride 74 Cross Tag 75
Drop the Handkerchief 80 Duck on a Rock 81 Dumb-bell Tag 83
Every Man in his Own Den 83 Exchange 84
Farmer is Coming, The 85 Fence Tag 85 Fire on the Mountains 86 Flowers and the Wind 87 Follow Chase 88 Follow the Leader 89 Forcing the City Gates 89 Fortress 90 Fox and Geese 92 Fox Trail, Double Rim 93 Fox Trail, Single Rim 95
Garden Scamp 97 Going to Jerusalem 98 Guess Who 100 Gypsy 101
Hang Tag 101 Have you seen my Sheep? 102 High Windows 104 Hill Dill 105 Hip 105 Hopping Relay Race 106 How Many Miles to Babylon? 108 Huckle, Buckle, Bean Stalk 109 Hunt, The 110 Hunt the Fox 110 Hunt the Slipper 111
I say, "Stoop!" 113 I Spy 113
Jacob and Rachel 115 Japanese Crab Race 115 Japanese Tag 116 Jumping Relay Race 117 Jumping RopeโI 118 Jumping RopeโII 119 Jumping RopeโIII 121 Jumping RopeโIV 121 Jump the Shot 122
Kaleidoscope 122
Lady of the Land 123 Lame Fox and Chickens 124 Last Couple Out 125 Leader and Footer 127 Leapfrog Race 129 Letting out the Doves 129 Lost Child, The 130
Master of the Ring 131 Maze Tag 131 Menagerie 132 Midnight 133 Mother, may I go out to Play? 134 Mother, Mother, the Pot boils Over
Barley Break 48 Baste the Bear 49 Bear in the Pit 50 Bird Catcher, The 52 Black and White 52 Black Tom 54 Blind Bell 55 Blind Man's Buff 55 Body Guard 56 Bull in the Ring 56 Bunch of Ivy 57 Bung the Bucket 57 Buying a Lock 58
Cat and Rat 60 Catch and Pull Tug of War 60 Catch of Fish 61 Catch the Cane 62 Centipede 63 Chickadee-dee 65 Chicken Market 66 Chickidy Hand 67 Chinese Chicken 68 Chinese Wall 68 Circle Race 69 Circle Relay 70 Club Snatch 72 Cock Stride 74 Cross Tag 75
Drop the Handkerchief 80 Duck on a Rock 81 Dumb-bell Tag 83
Every Man in his Own Den 83 Exchange 84
Farmer is Coming, The 85 Fence Tag 85 Fire on the Mountains 86 Flowers and the Wind 87 Follow Chase 88 Follow the Leader 89 Forcing the City Gates 89 Fortress 90 Fox and Geese 92 Fox Trail, Double Rim 93 Fox Trail, Single Rim 95
Garden Scamp 97 Going to Jerusalem 98 Guess Who 100 Gypsy 101
Hang Tag 101 Have you seen my Sheep? 102 High Windows 104 Hill Dill 105 Hip 105 Hopping Relay Race 106 How Many Miles to Babylon? 108 Huckle, Buckle, Bean Stalk 109 Hunt, The 110 Hunt the Fox 110 Hunt the Slipper 111
I say, "Stoop!" 113 I Spy 113
Jacob and Rachel 115 Japanese Crab Race 115 Japanese Tag 116 Jumping Relay Race 117 Jumping RopeโI 118 Jumping RopeโII 119 Jumping RopeโIII 121 Jumping RopeโIV 121 Jump the Shot 122
Kaleidoscope 122
Lady of the Land 123 Lame Fox and Chickens 124 Last Couple Out 125 Leader and Footer 127 Leapfrog Race 129 Letting out the Doves 129 Lost Child, The 130
Master of the Ring 131 Maze Tag 131 Menagerie 132 Midnight 133 Mother, may I go out to Play? 134 Mother, Mother, the Pot boils Over
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