This is a very good old game, and is most amusing if you can find some
one who is a good story-teller.
The players sit in a circle and every one, except the story-teller,
takes the name of some part of a coach or its equipments; for
instance, door, step, wheels, reins, box-seat, and so on.
When all are ready, the story-teller begins a tale about an old coach
and what happened to it, how it went on a journey, came to grief, was
mended, and started off again. The story should be told fluently, but
not too quickly. Every time any part of the coach is mentioned, the
player who has taken that name must rise from his seat and then sit
down again.
Whenever "the coach" is mentioned, all the players, with the exception
of the story-teller, must rise. Any one who fails to keep these rules
must pay a forfeit.
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