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Games and Songs of American Children

by William Wells Newell

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No. 82 Present and Advise

All the children, except two, are seated in a row. One of these whispers in the ear of each child, “I present you with this.” The second, in like manner, adds, “I advise you what to do with it.”

Another old whispering-game, belonging, like the preceding, to New York, is called “Sentiment.” Each child tells his neighbor on the right the name of a person, and repeats to the one on the left a verse of poetry, usually of a sentimental character. The name and verse are then to be repeated together as in the former game.

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