Parlor Games : Amusements and Entertainments for Everyone

by Finamore, Roy

• ISBN13: 9780609610275
• ISBN10: 0609610279
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter

Summary

Opening the door to the fun-filled frolics and cerebral sports of yesteryear,Parlor Gamespresents more than 150 games, puzzles, and activities that will turn any gathering into a festival of laughter and delight. From old favorites like Twenty Questions, Charades, and Blind Man's Bluff to less familiar amusements (including such intriguingly named gems as My Lady's Toilet, The Leg of Mutton, and the One-Yard Dash), the pastimes of gentler times come to life again in this charming and beautifully designed anthology. An indispensable resource for hosts and hostesses looking for novel cocktail-hour or after-dinner entertainment and for moms and dads looking for original and engaging activities for birthday parties or rainy afternoons,Parlor Gamesprovides complete instructions for intellectually challenging paper-and-pencil and memory games as well as such exciting indoor athletic competitions as the Bun Race. Wrapped in an antique-looking cover and written in turn-of-the-century language,Parlor Gameshas the nostalgic appeal of a book discovered in grand-mother's attic. But it offers today's generation the opportunity to experience a world rich in unexpected adventures and pleasures.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(3)
PANTOMIMES	4	(5)
GAMES WITH PEN AND PENCIL	9	(24)
Crambo	9	(1)
Illustrated Quotations	10	(1)
Quotations	11	(1)
Localization or Localized Characters	12	(2)
Confidence	14	(1)
Where Is Your Letter Going?	15	(1)
Shadow Portraits	16	(1)
The Ant and the Cricket	17	(1)
Acrostics	18	(2)
What Is My Thought Like?	20	(1)
Verbarium	20	(2)
Slander	22	(1)
Parodies	22	(1)
Advice	23	(1)
Criticisms	24	(1)
Metamorphosis	25	(1)
The Secretary	26	(1)
Anagrams	27	(2)
Famous Lovers	29	(1)
The Lost Floral Bouquet	30	(1)
The Game of Consequences	31	(2)
GAMES OF THOUGHT AND MEMORY	33	(32)
A New Progressive Game	33	(2)
Clumps	35	(1)
Twenty Questions	36	(1)
Rhymes-About	36	(1)
Predicaments and Remedies	37	(1)
Capping Poetry	37	(1)
Introductions	38	(1)
Birds Have Feathers	39	(1)
The Storyteller	39	(1)
Echo	40	(1)
The Traveling Alphabet	40	(2)
Charades	42	(2)
Earth, Air, Water	44	(1)
Throwing Light	44	(1)
Alliteration	45	(1)
Crooked Answers	46	(1)
The Game of Five Vowels	47	(1)
Garibaldi	47	(1)
Gossip	48	(1)
Given Words	49	(1)
Problem	49	(1)
Buzz	50	(1)
The Bill of Fare	51	(1)
The House That Jack Built	51	(1)
My Grandfather's Trunk	52	(1)
The Key of the King's Garden	53	(1)
The Menagerie	53	(1)
I Love My Love with an ``A''	54	(1)
My Aunt Has Arrived from Paris	54	(1)
The Game of ``It''	55	(1)
The Interrupted Reply	56	(1)
Guessing Contests	57	(1)
The Culprit's Seat	58	(1)
The Page of Love	59	(1)
My Aunt's Garden	60	(1)
The Sorcerer behind the Screen	61	(2)
The Bishop	63	(2)
RIDDLES AND CONUNDRUMS AND ENIGMAS (with solutions)	65	(65)
Riddles and Conundrums	65	(24)
Enigmas	89	(21)
Answers to Riddles and Conundrums	110	(17)
Answers to Enigmas	127	(3)
GAMES OF ACTION	130	(46)
Up, Jenkins!	130	(1)
The Key Game	131	(1)
Hunt the Ring	132	(1)
A Leaf Evening	133	(1)
The Farmyard	134	(1)
The Rat Hunt	134	(1)
The Bag of Luck	135	(1)
The Cushion Dance	135	(1)
Bean Bags	136	(2)
Slip the Ruler	138	(1)
Simon Says	138	(1)
Do As I Do	139	(1)
Silent Jones	139	(1)
Fox and Geese	140	(1)
Hot Cockles	141	(1)
Fly Feather	141	(1)
Hide in Sight	142	(1)
Nip-Nose	143	(1)
Magic Music	143	(1)
The Rule of Contrary	144	(1)
A Cobweb Party	144	(1)
The Game of Trussed Fowls	145	(1)
Throwing the Handkerchief	146	(1)
The Giantess	146	(1)
Ki-Yi	147	(1)
Boston	148	(1)
The Promenade Concert	149	(1)
The Silent Concert	150	(1)
The Ribbons	151	(1)
Blind Man's Wand	151	(1)
Porco, Blind Man's Buff	152	(1)
French Blind Man's Bluff	152	(1)
Blind Man's Buff by the Profile	153	(1)
Blind Man's Buff Seated	154	(1)
The Wolf and the Hind	155	(1)
The Leg of Mutton	156	(1)
Hunt the Slipper	156	(1)
The Cat and the Mouse	157	(1)
Hunt the Hare	158	(1)
Copenhagen	158	(1)
The Huntsman	159	(1)
The Cotton Flies	160	(1)
Blowing Ping-Pong Balls	160	(1)
Steps	161	(1)
Peanut Shelling	161	(1)
Peanut Rolling	161	(1)
Peanut Hunt	162	(1)
Progressive Peanut Party	162	(1)
Empty Hands	163	(1)
Turtle	163	(1)
An Obstacle Game	164	(1)
Rolling Chase-Ball	164	(1)
A Jam-Eating Contest	165	(1)
A Potato Race	165	(1)
Home Field Sports	166	(1)
Cupid's Box	167	(1)
The Lawyer	168	(1)
Selling Statues	168	(3)
Insects and Flowers	171	(2)
The Tiny Actor	173	(1)
1fie Trades	174	(1)
My Lady's Toilet	175	(1)
RUSES AND CATCH GAMES: HAVING FOR THEIR OBJECT TRICK AND MYSTIFICATION	176	(14)
Scissors Crossed or Not Crossed	176	(1)
The Diviner	176	(1)
The Cherries	177	(1)
Right Is Wrong	178	(1)
The Anteaters	179	(1)
Gymnastics for the Tongue	180	(1)
Surprising Strength	180	(1)
I Have Just Come from Shopping	181	(1)
The Mole	181	(1)
The Cook Who Likes No Peas	181	(1)
The Game of Cat	182	(1)
The Farmyard	182	(1)
What's O'Clock?	183	(1)
The Little Fortune-Teller	184	(1)
Answers to the Little Fortune-Teller	185	(5)
FORFEITS	190	(17)
Making a Card Dance on the Wall	191	(1)
The Broom and Handkerchief Feat	191	(1)
Touching a Mark	192	(1)
Walking Topper	192	(1)
A Dry Repast	193	(1)
A Big Sneeze	193	(1)
Blowing Out a Candle	194	(1)
The Tongue Teaser	194	(1)
William Tell	194	(1)
To Pick Up a Card Without Touching It	195	(1)
Princess Hugger-Mugger	195	(1)
Threading a Needle	196	(1)
Vowels	196	(1)
Picking Up a Coin	197	(1)
The Knight of the Rueful Countenance	197	(1)
Journey to Rome	197	(1)
Laughing Gamut	198	(1)
The Medley	198	(1)
Hobson's Choice	198	(1)
Poetic Numbers	199	(1)
Hush-a-Bye Baby	199	(1)
The Beggar	200	(1)
The Pilgrim	200	(1)
The Egotist	200	(1)
Dot and Carry One	201	(1)
The Imitation	201	(1)
Going to Service	201	(1)
Kissing the Candlestick	201	(1)
The Disappointment	202	(1)
The Florist's Choice	202	(1)
The Fool's Leap	202	(1)
To Kiss the One You Love Best Without Its Being Noticed	203	(1)
The Guess by Spoon	203	(1)
The Exile	203	(1)
The ``B'' Hive	204	(1)
Rob Rowley	204	(1)
The Statue of Love	204	(1)
The Chance Kiss	205	(1)
The Blind Quadrille	205	(1)
The Turned Head	205	(1)
The King of Morocco Is Dead	206	(1)
The Statue Makers	206	(1)
Physical Forfeits	207