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Image 7623
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Image 7620
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Lady leaning over a child in bed
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A ring is formed by the players joining hands, whilst one child, who is to "drop the handkerchief," is left outside. He walks round the ring, touching each one with the handkerchief, saying the following words:
"I wrote a letter to my love,
But on my way, I dropped it;
A little child picked it up
And put it in his pocket.
It wasn't you, it wasn't you,
It wasn't you—but it was you."
When he says "It was you," he must drop the handkerchief behind one of the players, who picks it up and chases him round the ring, outside and under the joined hands, until he can touch him with the handkerchief. As soon as this happens, the first player joins the ring, whilst it is now the turn of the second to "drop the handkerchief."
443 visits
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Children sitting under a tree
324 visits
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Children playing
406 visits
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Children sitting at the table
463 visits
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Children playing
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Boy leading the charge
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In the olden times this game was known by the name of "Hood-man Blind," as in those days the child that was chosen to be "blind man" had a hood placed over his head, which was fastened at the back of the neck.
In the present day the game is called "Blind Man's Buff," and very popular it is among young folk.
489 visits
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A ring of children
637 visits
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Well-behaved children
[Children seemed to be well behaved in the old days]
296 visits
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Two girls watching a family of ducks
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The Schoolmaster
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Children listening to a story
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Two of the players join hands, facing each other, having agreed privately which is to be "Oranges" and which "Lemons." The rest of the party form a long line, standing one behind the other, and holding each other's dresses or coats. The first two raise their hands so as to form an arch, and the rest run through it, singing as they run:
"Oranges and Lemons,
Say the bells of St. Clement's;
You owe me five farthings,
Say the bells of St. Martin's;
When will you pay me?
Say the bells of Old Bailey.
I do not know,
Says the big bell of Bow.
Here comes a chopper to light you to bed!
Here comes a chopper to chop off your head!"
At the word "head" the hand archway descends, and clasps the player passing through at that moment; he is then asked in a whisper, "Oranges or Lemons?" and if he chooses "oranges," he is told to go behind the player who has agreed to be "oranges" and clasp him round the waist.
The players must be careful to speak in a whisper, so that the others may not know what has been said.
The game then goes on again, in the same way, until all the children have been caught and have chosen which they will be, "oranges" or "lemons." When this happens, the two sides prepare for a tug-of-war. Each child clasps the one in front of him tightly and the two leaders pull with all their might, until one side has drawn the other across a line which has been drawn between them.
397 visits
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Litle girl dancing
251 visits
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Hide-then go seek
343 visits
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Girl walking heel to toe
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Girl washing her doll
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Girl standing under a tree in the rain
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Girl reaching for a book
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Girl playing with her doll
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Girl playing with a kitten
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Young girl and with a butterfly net
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Curly-headed girl sitting up in bed
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Pointing fingers at girl
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453 visits
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Girl eating banana
551 visits
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Boy and girl in affectionate hug
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Boy punching another boy as a girl looks on
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Boy and girl feeding a pony an apple
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Girl carrying a book
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Boy walking in the countryside
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Young boy standing on the street corner
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three children looking at an aquarium
Any transparent vessel capable of holding water, even a Mason jar will make an aquarium from which a great deal of pleasure may be derived. The old way of maintaining aquaria in good condition required a great deal of care and attention. The water had to be changed at least once a day if running water was not available, and altogether they were so much trouble that as a rule owners soon tired of them.
Modern aquaria are totally different. By a proper combination of fish and growing plants we can almost duplicate the conditions of nature and strike a balance so that the water need never be changed except when it becomes foul or to clean the glass.
916 visits
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Boy lying in a sleeping bag in the rain, without a tent.
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boy and girl talking
486 visits
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Young girl deciding which book to read
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The Care of New-born infants
618 visits
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Mother and Child
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Girl pushing a little girl along in a sled
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Girl about to kiss little boys hand after he hurt himself playing
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Baby in bath
332 visits
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Little toddler pointing to a blackbird
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A Parlor Recitation
567 visits
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Boy lying on the bed
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Young girl lying in bed
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Yong child looking out window from in bed
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The costumes given for 1835 are a nursemaid and children
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Girl in a hat
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Crayon study of a child
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Portrait of young man
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Image 246
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