Evening star., 1938-03-13
St. Patrick
Party Has
Big Appeal
All Kinds of Games
Are Sources of
Life and Fun.

WHY not plan q St. Patrick's Day
w party? There are lots Of lovely
sreen and white decorations available
now, and here are 4 few suggestions
for games.
Start OIL with some Irish songs, sung
first by the girls and then by the boys.
and finish with all singing together.
This puts every one in . jovial mood.
Now pass out slips Of paper with
one line Of blarney written on each
one. Guests are to write = second
line. For instance. you write. Yer
the light O. me eyes, dear" The player
might add. Faith. stop neguiling the
lads here!" Suggestions for first lines
are: "Oh. but you're the swate one!"
Yer have sich a merry smile" "Loike
the sunshine ye are. begorra. "Ye
make me heart 60 pitter pat!"
Before the party, cut out as many
3-inch green tissue-paper snakes as
you expect guests. Divide players INTO
two sides, and divide the snakes into
two nat boxes. Give each player 4
cellophane drinking straw. At . signal
the two leaders 60 to their boxes. Each
puts . slipper in his mouth. and with
out the use of his hands, picks up one
snake by drawing in his breath. He
must walk with this to the goal where
another box awaits him. drop the
snake, and run back. Then the next
in line does as his leader did
II the snake drops 1t must be picked
up with the slipper and not the hands.
Don't make the goal too far away for
some OF the guests will find it hard to
hold their breath for more than few
seconds. Every one must use his own
straw. The line which first drives all
the snakes out is declared winner.
Every one likes to play toss games.
Have six cardboard shamrocks. each
with a tiny fortune pasted on the back.
Each player in turn has his wrists
loosely tied with cloth, and. thus
handicapped. he must throw the sham
rocks, one at a time, into an old hat.
His score is the number of cards he
successfully gets in the hat. The one
with the most is winner Then his
fortune is read from the cards which
landed safely. For fortunes write
A Thrilling Adventure; A Pleasant
Auto Ride; A Surprise; Special News;
Important Letter: Ocean Voyage, etc.
Here is something new in horse rae
ing. Tear strips Of paper in half and
pass one piece to each player. They
match these up for partners. Now the
left ankle OF one partner and the right
of the other are tied together loosely
with q strip of cloth. If the crowd is
small these couples line up across the
room and, each carrying paper
horse, race to see which couple reaches
the finish line first. The track" can
be as long Is you wish.
Here Is . lively variation Of an old
game. It might be called an elimina-
ton race. Map out course that goes
in 4 circle. Put plenty Of obstacles
in the way. such as . pillow, two
books. . paper lake. . stool. = large
cardboard box. yard piece of string
laid on the floor in the shape Of .
snake, etc. The first player is given a
foot ruler and . large cork. He must
put this on the end Of the stick and
start his trip around the course. He
steps over the pillow. books. lake and
stool. He steps In and out Of the box
and walks along the string. If the
cork drops of once. he is out. If he
is successful he stands to one side for
the next elimina ton round. After all
have tried, the next stunt starts with
the successful ones. They, in turn.
must 60 over the course carrying two
rulers with 4 cork on each. The same
rules apply. The ones who finish this
successfully carry = ruler in the left
hand with . cork on both ends. You
can stop now or keep on with more
difIicult stunts, making the obstacles 4
little harder.
Many Of the other old-time games
are good. Some of these involve carry
ing q cardboard plate containing 4 po-
tato on ones head, pnning . tail on 4
pig or putting q pipe in Paddy's mouth.
writing lists Of words containing the
word PAT. and rolling 4 green apple
to the goal with ones nose.