Recognition
Any number of players.
Parlor; schoolroom.
Each player is given a card or slip prepared with the following questions, or the list may be dictated at the time.
What famous persons, historical or mythical, do these objects suggest?
Hatchet? (George Washington.)
A rail fence? (Abraham Lincoln.)
A kite? (Benjamin Franklin.)
A muddy cloak? (Sir Walter Raleigh.)
A lonely island? (Robinson Crusoe.)
A burning bush? (Moses.)
A ruff? (Queen Elizabeth.)
A glass slipper? (Cinderella.)
An apple? (William Tell.)
A silver lamp? (Aladdin.)
A smooth, round stone? (David.)
Long hair? (Sampson.)
A dove? (Noah.)
A pomegranate seed? (Persephone.)
A spider web? (Robert Bruce.)
A key? (Bluebeard.)
A wolf? (Red Riding Hood.)
A steamboat? (Robert Fulton.)
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