Are you feeling playful?

Back in the dark ages, children, people didn't have X-Boxes. Or handheld whatits. 'Game' didn't mean Angry Birds. It meant running around.

Can you name these games of old?

Name that game.

1. A kind of tag involving a blindfolded 'It'.
2. Whispering a secret message from one person to another until it turns into nonsense.
3. Battling horse chestnuts.
4. Turning two jumping ropes simultaneously.
5. Tossing a bean bag or other object while music plays.
6. Tossing a ball around, trying to keep it away from the player in the middle.
7. Jumping over crouched players, popular since the 16th century.
8. Moving forward – but only with permission from the leader (who can't see you).
9. Calling for aggressive kids to 'charge' the opposite line.
10. Do what the leader tells you: but only if they say the magic words.

Got them all? Click the picture to find out.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

03.08.15 Front Page

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