CHINESE SHUTTLECOCK
Chinese boys play a variation of shuttlecock wonderfully we.ll without a battledore. The shuttlecock is kicked with one fppt, awd spot, flying from one hoy to another. Sometimes they become very skilful and are able to keep the. shuttlecock in the air for a long time. A blind man's game they pj>y, suitable for indoors o*- garden, or ptyvgrpund, i* called "Catching fishes in the dark." , Each child choose* the name of some fish, and one who is fisherman is blindfolded, a fid the various fishes him. touching hinj as they go. If h> catcher o|ie he niusf; guess jts name correctlv before he can exchange the role of fisherman fpr that of a fish?
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 308, 28 December 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)
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