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Games for All Occasions

by Mary E. Blain

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Threading a Needle

Sit on round bottle laid lengthwise on floor, and try to thread a needle. First to succeed will be first married.

Alphabet Game

Cut alphabet from newspaper and sprinkle on surface of water; letters floating may spell or suggest name of future husband or wife.

Needle Game

Each person floats greased needle in basin of water. Impelled by attraction of gravitation, needles will act very curiously; some cling together, others rush to margin and remain. The manner in which one person’s needle behaves towards another’s causes amusement, and is supposed to be suggestive and prophetic.

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