The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-12-02
Thanksgiving Games.

Thanksgiving is about here That
means no school and nothing to think OF
but turkey and cranberry sauce and pump
kin pie and good times-having good times
| ourselves and helping others to have good
times.
No Thanksgiving day is complete with
out games of some kind. The more old
fashioned the games the more pleased will
be the young folks, particularly if the older
! members of the family, who are brought
together by the old-fashioned festival, will
take part. Here are il few that are any
thing but new, but they will probably be
welcomed by that numerous army of peo-
pie who never can remember anything
when they want to-
Nothing more productive of hilarity can
be imagined than "Queen Dido's dead" a
game which will be remembered at once
younger members of the community may
know it better as "Queen Anne is dead.''
The company must sit in circle, the
| larger the circle the merrier. The leader
says to his left-hand neighbor, "Queen
Dido's dead Glow did she dic?' asks
the nelghber: "She died going so,'' re-
plies the leader, at the some time raising
right knee. The question and answer are
passed from one to another until everyone
IN the circle has his right hand thrashing
his unoffending right knee. A second
time the leader asserts that Queen Dido
has left the land of the living and frivolous
and asserts that she died not only With
her right hand in perpetual motion, but
her foot as well. The third time around
he raises his left hand, then his left foot.
and finally wags his head from side to
side, and the company follow suit. The
game may be further continued by work
ing ones eyes and running ones tongue
out and in.
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very old and ridiculous game The COM
pany sit in circle as for "Queen DIDO"
and when the leader remarks "Simon
says Thumbs upv' all place their fists
on their knees, with their thumbs stick
ing up: When he asserts "Simon says
Thumbs DOWN." all reverse the posi-
ton. The funny part of this game is
when the leader says ..Simon says" IF
ne, merely remarks Thumbs up or
'Thumbs down. the position must not
be changed, and those who forget this
and reverse thumbs at the wrong moment
must pay a forfeit AS the commands
are given faster and faster. much merri-
ment follows, and usually the whole COM
pany has numerous forfeits to redeem.
Comes We come" is another old-time
amusement. The leader says, Il come
by the letter A. referring to some OBJ
Ject in the room. The one who guesses
the article correctly gives the next word.
Another variation of this is "Thanksgiv-
ing Turkey Some one says ''The
Thanksgiving Turkey is''-and the per-
son he looks at must be prepared with
an adjective beginning with some letter
agreed upon. ''The Thanksgiving Tur-
key. isl ',,aged' answers the person if
ne is in the as, "basted'' or 'buttered"
if in the bis. and so on. Another game
that might be called the thanksgiving
Feast, though everybody will recognize
it under a dozen other aliases, is played
this way: :.
The giver of the feast is selected. He
remains standing, while all the others
are seated. He whispers to each one the
name of an article of food. Then he
tells a story about how he bought and
prepared the food, and every time he
mentions an article of food the person
named for it must get up. turn around
and sit down again. Somebody else may
get into his seat while he is doing this,
and he must get to the vacant place be-
fore the host does or he must continue
the story. Whenever the host mentions
the Thanksgiving Feast" each one must
get NJ, and turn around, and there is a
general changing of places. The one left
without a chair continues the yarn.
NShip's. arrived" is very much like
Thanksgiving Turkey" "A, bean bag.
ball or handkerchief is thrown to some
one OF the company, and the leader SAYS
"Ship's arrived; what is it loaded within
And the answer is apples, {apricOts or,
something beginning with a, or whatever
letter has been agreed upon. I. < ...l5..
Button, Button, Who's Got the. But
ton " and "Blind Mans Buff There is
really 10 end to the jolly games Of long