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Image 7623
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Image 7622
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Image 7621
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Image 7620
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Image 7619
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Lady leaning over a child in bed
312 visits
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A ring is formed by the players joining hands, whilst one child, who is to "drop the handkerchief," is left outside. He walks round the ring, touching each one with the handkerchief, saying the following words:
"I wrote a letter to my love,
But on my way, I dropped it;
A little child picked it up
And put it in his pocket.
It wasn't you, it wasn't you,
It wasn't you—but it was you."
When he says "It was you," he must drop the handkerchief behind one of the players, who picks it up and chases him round the ring, outside and under the joined hands, until he can touch him with the handkerchief. As soon as this happens, the first player joins the ring, whilst it is now the turn of the second to "drop the handkerchief."
324 visits
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Children sitting under a tree
245 visits
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Children playing
303 visits
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Children sitting at the table
355 visits
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Children playing
311 visits
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Boy leading the charge
261 visits
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In the olden times this game was known by the name of "Hood-man Blind," as in those days the child that was chosen to be "blind man" had a hood placed over his head, which was fastened at the back of the neck.
In the present day the game is called "Blind Man's Buff," and very popular it is among young folk.
378 visits
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A ring of children
479 visits
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Well-behaved children
[Children seemed to be well behaved in the old days]
232 visits
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Two girls watching a family of ducks
342 visits
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The Schoolmaster
225 visits
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Children listening to a story
217 visits
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Two of the players join hands, facing each other, having agreed privately which is to be "Oranges" and which "Lemons." The rest of the party form a long line, standing one behind the other, and holding each other's dresses or coats. The first two raise their hands so as to form an arch, and the rest run through it, singing as they run:
"Oranges and Lemons,
Say the bells of St. Clement's;
You owe me five farthings,
Say the bells of St. Martin's;
When will you pay me?
Say the bells of Old Bailey.
I do not know,
Says the big bell of Bow.
Here comes a chopper to light you to bed!
Here comes a chopper to chop off your head!"
At the word "head" the hand archway descends, and clasps the player passing through at that moment; he is then asked in a whisper, "Oranges or Lemons?" and if he chooses "oranges," he is told to go behind the player who has agreed to be "oranges" and clasp him round the waist.
The players must be careful to speak in a whisper, so that the others may not know what has been said.
The game then goes on again, in the same way, until all the children have been caught and have chosen which they will be, "oranges" or "lemons." When this happens, the two sides prepare for a tug-of-war. Each child clasps the one in front of him tightly and the two leaders pull with all their might, until one side has drawn the other across a line which has been drawn between them.
309 visits
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Litle girl dancing
184 visits
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Hide-then go seek
273 visits
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Girl walking heel to toe
488 visits
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Girl washing her doll
566 visits
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Girl standing under a tree in the rain
563 visits
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Girl reaching for a book
362 visits
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Girl playing with her doll
570 visits
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Girl playing with a kitten
473 visits
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Young girl and with a butterfly net
476 visits
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Image 5394
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Image 5395
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Image 5393
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Image 5392
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Image 5390
194 visits
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Image 5391
154 visits
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Curly-headed girl sitting up in bed
426 visits
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Pointing fingers at girl
187 visits
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Image 5387
172 visits
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Image 5385
205 visits
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Image 5386
179 visits
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Image 5384
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Image 5382
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Image 5377
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Image 5375
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Image 5374
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Image 5372
125 visits
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Image 5373
387 visits
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Girl eating banana
443 visits
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Boy and girl in affectionate hug
814 visits
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Boy punching another boy as a girl looks on
612 visits
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Boy and girl feeding a pony an apple
1116 visits
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Girl carrying a book
701 visits
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Boy walking in the countryside
467 visits
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Young boy standing on the street corner
467 visits
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three children looking at an aquarium
Any transparent vessel capable of holding water, even a Mason jar will make an aquarium from which a great deal of pleasure may be derived. The old way of maintaining aquaria in good condition required a great deal of care and attention. The water had to be changed at least once a day if running water was not available, and altogether they were so much trouble that as a rule owners soon tired of them.
Modern aquaria are totally different. By a proper combination of fish and growing plants we can almost duplicate the conditions of nature and strike a balance so that the water need never be changed except when it becomes foul or to clean the glass.
772 visits
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Boy lying in a sleeping bag in the rain, without a tent.
918 visits
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boy and girl talking
419 visits
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Young girl deciding which book to read
892 visits
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The Care of New-born infants
519 visits
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Mother and Child
1054 visits
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Girl pushing a little girl along in a sled
729 visits
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Girl about to kiss little boys hand after he hurt himself playing
645 visits
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Baby in bath
286 visits
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Little toddler pointing to a blackbird
651 visits
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A Parlor Recitation
481 visits
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Boy lying on the bed
812 visits
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Young girl lying in bed
698 visits
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Yong child looking out window from in bed
640 visits
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The costumes given for 1835 are a nursemaid and children
873 visits
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Girl in a hat
725 visits
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Crayon study of a child
534 visits
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Portrait of young man
442 visits
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Image 246
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