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Chalk or make a line, or, as it is usually termed, “a garter,” on the ground; on this line one of the players must place himself and bend down as in leap-frog, while the other players in rotation leap over him, the last one as he flies over calling out “Foot it.”
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This is a most excellent game, and very popular in some counties. It is played with a moderate-sized ball and a hand-bat, i. e. a bat that can be held in one hand, and which is about two feet in length, smooth, and round.
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This may be played by any number of boys: one being selected as the Leader, and the others are the Followers.
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This is an old English sport, mentioned by Gower and Chaucer, and was at one period common to women as well as men. In the northern parts of England, particularly in Yorkshire, it is practised in the following manner:
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This is a brisk game, and may be played by any number of boys. One of the players being chosen as Touch, it is his business to run about in all directions after the other players, till he can touch one, who immediately becomes Touch in his turn.
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This game is so called from the trap used to elevate the ball when it is to be struck by the batsman. It is one of the earliest games played with the trap and ball, and we can trace it to the commencement of the fourteenth century.
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Two bases having been made, one at each end of the playground, all the players take up their position in one of them,
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This is perhaps the very best game that can be introduced into a school. The principle of it is very simple, that one boy represents the Hare and runs away, while the others represent the Hounds and pursue him.
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This game may be played by any number of players. A large stone is selected, and placed on a particular spot,
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This is a very good game, and to play it properly there must be in the centre of the playground a small hill or hillock.
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This, if well managed, is a very comical game. The players are arranged as in Fugleman, the player who enacts Simon standing in front.
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Make a mark on the ground at a place called the “starting point.” At ten yards’ distance from this make another, called the “spring.”
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This game can be played by any number of boys, who must all join hands; the game is begun by the outside players at each end of the line holding the following dialogue:
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Various games are in vogue among boys, in which hopping on one foot is the principal object.
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This is a capital game when well played, and the antics and grimaces of boys who are mimics cause great merriment.
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This is a game played by hopping on one foot and kicking an oyster-shell or piece of tile from one compartment to the other, without halting the lifted foot, except in one case, to the ground, and without suffering the shell or tile to rest on any of the lines.
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A tolerably large ring should be formed by several boys standing in a circle and joining hands;
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This is an old Greek game, and, like very many simple boys’ games, has retained its popularity to the present day.
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This is very simple play. The ball is thrown into the air by one player, the others standing round him. He calls out the name of the player, for whom the ball is thrown.
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This is a capital game for the summer months. The players divide themselves into two parties, one party remaining at a spot called “Bounds,” and concealing their faces, while the other party goes out and hides. After waiting for a few minutes, the home party shouts, “Coming, coming, coming.”
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