This is another way of playing Blind Man's Buff, and is thought by
many to be an improvement on that game.
The player who is blindfolded stands in the center of the room, with
a long paper wand, which can be made of a newspaper folded up
lengthways, and tied at each end with string. The other players then
join hands and stand round him in a circle. Some one then plays a
merry tune on the piano, and the players dance round and round the
blind man, until suddenly the music stops; the blind man then takes
the opportunity of lowering his wand upon one of the circle, and the
player upon whom it has fallen has to take hold of it. The blind man
then makes a noise, such as, for instance, the barking of a dog, a
street cry, or anything he thinks will cause the player he has caught
to betray himself, as the captive must imitate whatever noise the
blind man likes to make. Should the blind man detect who holds the
stick, the one who is caught has to be blind man; if not, the game
goes on until he succeeds.
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