Kirsty anyone else who is interested

Here are a few more Victorian Parlour Games

Throwing the smile
The players sit round in a circle and one of them smiles for a moment or so.
He then wipes his hand across his face to wipe off the smile and pretends to
throw it to another player of his choice who has to catch it with his hand,
put it on, wear it for a while and wipe it off to throw it to someone else.
Anyone who smiles out of turn is out and the last player remaining wins the
game. Those players who are ‘out’ will laugh heartily as the game proceeds,
thus making it more and more difficult for the remaining players to stay
‘in’.

I went to Paris
The first player remarks to the second player “I went to Paris”. The second
player asks “what did you buy there?” and the first player replies “a pair
of shoes” at the same time moving his feet as if he were walking; this
movement must be continued throughout the game. The second player then says
to the third “I went to Paris” and is asked what he brought there. He also
bought a pair of shoes and moves his feet in the same manner as player
number one. This is repeated right around the circle until all the players
are moving their feet. At this point the first player again says “I went to
Paris” and upon being asked what her bought there says “a fan” or any other
article for which he can do actions. He then does this action while
continuing to move his feet. The game continues until all the players have
bought a number of items e.g gloves (hand wiggling), cake (munching
movement), glasses (eye winking). When the game has reached this point all
the players could be stamping there feet, wiggling fingers, fanning, moving
mouths and winking their eyes.

Endless Story
He participants sit in a circle and one of them starts off a story – any
story at all. He may continue for up to one minute and then, without
finishing the story, he touches the person on his right who must continue
the story, even from the middle of a sentence. This continues until the
chain reaches the person who started and he must bring it to a successful
conclusion – also within a minute.

What am I doing?
A form of ‘solo’ charades. One player goes through the motions of doing
something – the more ludicrous the better – such as washing an elephant,
doing a jigsaw or catching a flea. The other players must try to guess what
he is doing, and if they are successful he must pay a forfeit (omit this bit
and make it so person who guesses goes next.

Other games include

O’Grady says
Blind man’s buff
Charades
Hunt the thimble
Musical Chairs
Postman’s knock

Maureen James
www.tellinghistory.co.uk


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Subject: Victorian Parlour Games

Thank you to all those who replied to my request for ideas for Victorian
parlour games. A few of you asked me for my replies so here they are - hope
they help.

Regards

Kirsty

Kirsty Hall
Learning Officer
Wigan Pier
Tel: 01942 707049

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