Fun For the Household

About this eBook

Author

Gray, Emma J.

Title

Fun for the Household: A Book of Games

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Emmy and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure

Subject

Amusements

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 51540

Release Date

March 24, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Fun for the Household.
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.INTRODUCTORY.
6. 6.FUN FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. — LITTLE FOLKS. — A LITTLE CHILD’S PARTY. — THE FARMER’S SONG. — THE PIE-MAN’S SONG. — FLY SOUTH. — THREE BLIND MICE. — THE HOLIDAY CALENDAR. — THE SEA AND HER CHILDREN. — CINDERELLA’S SLIPPER. — THE MAN IN THE MOON. — HOW MANY? — ALPHABETICAL PLAY. — BLINDFOLDED PLATTER TWIRLING. — THE WILD BEAST EXHIBIT. — NEW TAG. — THE GREENGROCER. — RUBIES AND EMERALDS. — WHAT THE DANDELIONS SAID — DAISY CATCH. — DIBBS. — TOUCH. — SNAPPING-ROPES.
7. 7.BOYS AND GIRLS. — SILHOUETTES. — THE SURPRISE. — HAPHAZARD READING. — SING, BIRDIE, SING. — SQUIRREL IN THE MIDDLE. — TABLESPOONS. — THE EMPEROR’S COURT. — THREE LITTLE PIGS. — THE FUNNY PRIMA DONNAS. — DO YOU HEAR? — LAUGHABLE DINNER. — JOLLY PLAY. — THE DWARF. — CROWN GAME. — GUESS. — THE CIRCLE. — TWO SKIPPING-ROPE GAMES. — RUNNING FOR THE CAP. — FIRE-ARCH DISCOUNT GAME. — THE BAGATELLE BOARD COUNT GAME. — FUNNY QUESTIONS WITH FUNNY ANSWERS. — JUDGE AND JURY. — THE CARD INTRODUCTION. — HARMONY SOLOISTS. — JIG-I-TY JIG. — CIRCLE GAME. — THE HUNT FOR THE KEYHOLE. — ACTING PROVERBS — GOSSIP. — THE FLORIST. — MY LADY’S RECEPTION APPAREL. — THIMBLE GAME. — THE TOUCH GAME. — THE CONCERT. — A CURIOUS CAT. — A BOAT RACE. — THREE LITTLE MAIDS FROM SCHOOL. — THE WAR OF THE ROSES. — UNBAR. — BIRD TEST. — “IT.” — THE CENT HUNT. — A FAGOT PARTY. — THE HUNTER. — FIVE. — BREAKFAST. — ALPHABET. — NINETY-NINE. — THE DAILY PAPER. — THE NEW DIXEY’S LAND. — BATTLE OF FLOWERS. — GRACE HOOPS. — AN AMATEUR CIRCUS. — THE STILL HUNT. — LAWN GOLF.
8. 8.GROWN-UPS. — ALPHABETICAL GEOGRAPHY. — COMPOSITION. — INITIAL PLATTER TWIRLING. — OVER, OVER, WHOSE HEAD IS IT OVER? — TEAKETTLE. — AUTHORS. — AUTHORS. — GHOST. — CELEBRATED AUTHORS. — THE ARSENAL. — MAGICAL READING. — LAUGHABLE RHYMES. — MAKING A DICTIONARY. — DESERT ISLAND. — THE BUTTERFLY TEST. — A SKATING PARTY. — PROGRAMME.
9. 9.SPECIAL FÊTES. — LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY AMUSEMENTS. — ST. VALENTINE GAMES. — A Valentine Hunt. — Rose Guess. — Rose Bowl Game. — The Walnut’s Fortune. — Naming the Roses. — Memory. — Love Box. — The Prophetic Rose. — Make a Valentine. — The Court of the King of Hearts. — WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY ENTERTAINMENT. — APRIL FOOL GAMES AND TRICKS. — EASTER FROLICS. — Finding the Hare. — The Parlor Egg Hunt. — Ostrich Egg Search. — Basket Eggs. — The Game of Cluck. — The Bird’s Nest. — MAY-DAY FESTIVITY. — FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION. — HALLOWE’EN GAMES AND TRICKS. — The Nut Trick. — Burn a Lady’s Handkerchief, but Return it Whole Again. — The Bowl Trick. — An Impossible Jump. — Turn a Goblet Upside Down Without Spilling the Water. — The Hat Omelet. — The Wonderful Carafe. — The Vanishing Ten-cent Piece. — Blindfolded Prophecy. — The Divining Mirror. — The Tumbler Test. — The Penknife Trick. — Ball Trick. — The Fortune Apple. — The Money-Maker. — CHRISTMAS JOLLITY. — The Yule Log. — Christmas Pie. — Tableaux Vivants. — The Annunciation. — BIRTHDAY IDEAS. — A Birthday Picnic. — A Birthday Floral Ball. — A Birthday Matinée. — BIRTHDAY TABLEAUX. — Tulips. — The Cotillon. — Flitting Fairies and Butterflies.
10. 10.METHODS OF CHOOSING PARTNERS.
11. 11.TANGLES AND FORFEITS. — TANGLES. — Charades. — Second. — Whole. — ANAGRAMS. — CROSS-WORD ENIGMAS. — NUMERICAL ENIGMAS. — DECAPITATIONS. — DROP-LETTER RIDDLES. — DROP-LETTER PUZZLES. — OPENING LINES OF FAMILIAR SONG. — ANSWERS TO CHARADES, ANAGRAMS, ETC. — Charades. — Anagrams. — Cross-word Enigmas. — Numerical Enigmas. — Decapitations. — Drop Letter Riddles. — Drop Letter Puzzles. — The Opening Lines of Familiar Songs. — Forfeits.
12. 12.IN THE ADIRONDACKS.
13. 13.THE FLOWER-TEST. — II.
14. 14.HOURS WITH THE POETS.
15. 15.“THANK YOU!”
16. 16.A STORY WITHIN A STORY
17. 17.ORRIN THE BOOTBLACK.
18. 18.BREAKFAST-TABLE DECORATION.
19. 19.HOW THEY PLANTED THE NASTURTIUMS.
20. 20.A GARDEN PARTY.
21. 21.THE KING’S CHILDREN.
22. 22.FOR THE BOYS.
23. 23.“I WISH I WERE A GENERAL.”
24. 24.A HEBREW CHRISTIAN.
25. 25.THE BABY’S LESSON.
26. 26.PARLOR FORTUNE-TELLING.
27. 27.CHURCH COURTESY.
28. 28.A BRAVE BOY.

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