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Games for All Occasions

by Mary E. Blain

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Splitting Rails

Guests are to be supplied with pencils and papers containing the following letters:—

Loadailrrfliar
Aliredalrig
Ginlatirlairgruad
Wilrayalingir
Letairrlailerry

Which are the rails to be split or divided into ten words, each rail containing two words which contain the word “rail” with other letters. The person splitting the most rails in a given time (having the most correct words) should be awarded a suitable prize. The split rails are:—

Railroad, frail
Derail, grail
Trailing, railguard
Railway, railing
Trailer, raillery.

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