GRANDMOTHER’S STEPS.
A tilnyer is chosen to he the grandmother. She is first blindfolded and each player then comes up to her and asks the question. ‘‘How many stepe shall I take, grandmother'” The grandmother answers, "Ten giant steps,” or ‘'five small steps, and so on. If the given steps lead a player'to a t.ee or any hiding place, he may hide there. When all are ready grandmother foels her way about until she finds one of the of ax ci s. She now has to feel the player and guess his or her name, and if she guesses correctly, this player becomes grannie If .she does not guess right ‘die again walks about until she touches another player, and so on. —Sent by Florence Silby.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 21 August 1926, Page 18
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126GRANDMOTHER’S STEPS. Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 21 August 1926, Page 18
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