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Games For Hallow-e'en
NUTS TO CRACK
Pass pencils and paper to each guest with the following written upon it:—
- (A Dairy product.)
- (A Vegetable.)
- (A Country.)
- (A Girl's name.)
- (A structure.)
- (A name often applied to one of our presidents.)
- (Every Ocean has one.)
- (That which often holds a treasure.)
- (The names of two boys.)
- (A letter of the alphabet and an article made of tin.)
Explain that the above describes ten different nuts, which they are to guess. The nuts described are (1) butternut; (2) peanut; (3) brazil nut; (4) hazel nut; (5) walnut; (6) hickory nut; (7) beechnut; (8) chestnut; (9) filbert; (10) pecan. A prize may be awarded to the one first having correct answers.
RAISIN RACE
A raisin is strung in middle of thread a yard long, and two persons take each an end of string in mouth; whoever, by chewing string, reaches raisin first has raisin and will be first wedded.
