The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-12-27
ROSS QUESTIONS

Write OF a given number Of cards as many
separate questions. Then prepare an equal mum
Der of answers, One set Of cards Is placed In the
hands of a lady, tho other Of a gentleman, each !
Of whom shuffes and cuts their respective pack. |
The person who holds the questions reads the
first Of them aloud, which is responded to by the
other party announcing the first answer. The
intcrrogating then continues until both packs are
exhausted TO- ether. As a sample Of what may
turn up, suppose;
Question. Afe you Of an aTeciionate disposi-
toni
Answer. Whenever am.
Q. DO you believe In lovers vows
A. Once a month, on the thirty-second.
Q. Are you fond ofdancingG
A. Inquire next door.
2. Are You capriciousf
A. All day long aud half the night.
THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT.
Twelve persons sit in a circle. They draw lots
for their respective places which we will desig
nate by the Roman numerals. No. | has to be-
gin the game the others continue IL in succession,
each adding q little bit of his own, which all his
followers are obliged to repeat, until the phrase
attains the proportions OF rolling SNOWFALL
The choice Of the starting point rests with No
he takes whatever ON earth he pleases. The
more out Of-the way II is, and the more likely to
puzzle his followers, the better. lf his theme
could battle them all, they would have to pay
forfeit Suppose then
|. abruptly announces, Here is the Key Of the
kings garden;"
H. llnUltOlhelN huuSi iitIt - Nlc EuHlb utu
to the Key Of the kings garden"
III. goes on, Here is the Rat, that gnawcd the
String tied to the Key of the kings garden"
". continues, " Here is the Cat that killed the
Rat that gnawod the String tied to the Key OF the
kings garden"
V. has, Here is the Dog that worried the
Cat"."
| vi. "Here is the Stick that beat the Dog...
VII Here is the Fire that burnt the Stick .'.'"
VIII. Here is the Water, that quenched the
| fire ...."
TX. "IIerc is the Bucket that brought the
Water...."
". " Here is the Wood, that made the Bucket
XI. Here is the Tree that furnished the Wood
MI. Ought to conclude triumrhanty, "Here is
the Man. that planted the Tree, that uished the
Wood, that made the Bucket, that brought the
Water, that qucnched the Fire, that burnt The
Stick. that beat the Dog, that worried the Cat,
that killed the Rat that gnawed the String, tied TO
the Key OF the kings garden!"
FORFEITS.
| Forfeits should be as varied, ingenious and un-
expected as possible New ones, invented on the
| spur of the moment, are sure to meet with signal
success. But no should venture to play at
iortets who has not in the first place, perfect com
mand of temper, or who cannot, secondly, while
in the hight OF merriment, observe the rules OF good
| breeding and decOrum,
In Eo class of forfes is good breeding more in
dspensable than in that which involves the act Of
kissing. Our forcfathers practised them inno-
Gently, aud so, it is hoped, may we and, therefore,
without further preface scrnon,we will give few
examples, beginning with the tantazing position
| of being A Knight of the SOrrOwful. COuntenauce.
In this, the person to pay the penalty takes his
seat on chair, when lady comes and sits upon
his knees, to be kissed by another gent eman.
| Amongst peuitential kisses are the Convent kiss
and Capuchin's kiss. For the first The back of a
chair is substituted for the grating of the convent
| door; and as the wooden bars are mostly farther
Al. heAa sNnat-
dedly the advantage.
For the Monastic kiss a lady and gentleman
kue on the carpet back to back. Both then turn
their heads, to the right, the other to the left,
until the desired salute is given. As the p' snion
is rather fatigurg for the lady, and might even
cause her to fall, it is allowable for the gentleman
decately to help her to keep her balance with his
arm
Kissing your own shadow is performed by
placing yourself between the light and the lady.
| Kissing the candestick is n little trick played
on lady whom you have cunningly persuaded
into holding a candlestick Kissing the bottom Of
a candlestck may be effected by placing the can
dlesick on the lady's head showing the spirit
of contradiction is doing the very reverse of what
the company tells you TO do; you are a lucky fell
low, therefore, il lady tells you that she insists
on you not Kissing her, when condemned as for
felt to Sulk, you whisper some lady's name in the
ear of the person who gives the torfeils and then
put yourself in corner. You are obliged, how
ever, unwlingly, to turn your back On all except
the one whose name you DaH previously ueSlE
mated, whom you may kiss. To Go Begging and
to Perform Pilgrimage favorite fOrfeits. For
the first, you go down on your knees before a
lady; and touch her hands repeatedly with your
own hands clasped. She pretends to be deaf to
your entreaties, and affects not to understand what
it is yon desire AT last she asks, Do yon want
some bread Do you want some wateff Do Son
want penny 10 you want pair of shoes :?
and so on. To each of these questions you reply
negatively by a shake of the head and continued
supplicaton with clasped hands. She then says,
." Dc you want kiss 2" at which you OF course
jump up joyfnlly, and immediately take the sa-
lutte. For the second we will suppose the COM
Lany to form sort of circle. You take a lady by
the hand and lead her round the circle, presenting
her to every person present, saying to the gentle
men, " A kiss, il you please, for my little sister,
and little bit of bread for myself; to the ladies,
"A little bit of bread for my little sister, and a
kiss for my self" The kiss can by no means be
refused
In Distributing Kisses by Chance. the person
forle ed, unfortunately, has none for himself He
takes separately the -four kings and the four
queens out Of pack of cards, shutiies them sep
arately, and then gives each of the first to
any four gentlemen be chooses in the company
aud one each of the second to any four ladies.
The holder of the king of hearts is bound TO kiss
the holder of the queen Of hearts, and on Of the
rest, all OF which seems slow work to the kiss
distributor. Nevertheless, he may derive little
amusement in giving tue kings to the yanest
young gentlemen present, and the queens to the
Oluebt OF tue plhlncSt laulSsA
If condemned TO the Hiss with Right-about
Face, you must 90 and stand with your back to a
door, where you call upon lady to come and
stand opposite to you, facing you. She then calls
ou gentleman, who places himself close to her,
back to back, which goes on until the whole COM
pany has formed line Of couples. At signal
from the Mistress of the Revels, everybody per-
forms the evolution Of ri2ht-about face, and kisses
the person so presented to him. The consequence
is that you face the door, and your duty is to give
il a smack as hearty as any of those you may
hear sounding behind you. To have TO act the
Lovers Bridge is not an agreeable forfeit to pay.
You go down on your hands and knees lady
and gentleman sit on your back, and while seated
there give and receive kiss. II, in consequence
down, they will hardly be so unreasonable as 70
complain of the iufrmaties to which juvenile
nature is liable.
The l1ares Kiss, or the Rabbits Kiss, is too
ridiculous vet we have seen il given and taken.
The couple indicated take needletul OF thread,
each putting one end in his or her mouth. They
then humble and nibbe, and take II in, each their
portion, rabbit-wise, maintaining their gravity all
the while, until their faces are near enough to
accomplish the denOaemet. II they laugh they
will be a long while about il.
The Journey to COriuth--Or any where else
resembles, in some respects, John Gilpihs famous
and unfruitful ride. The forfeit-payer, who is
doing penance, holding lighted taper, leads
round the room another gentleman, with white
pocket handkerchief in his hand. This gentleman
kisses every lady in turn, and each time politely
wipes the lips Of his conductor, the penential
for:eit-payer, which mat water but which want