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CLARENCE SQUAREMAN	1
INDEX OF INDOOR GAMES	1
INTRODUCTION	2
TWIRL THE TRENCHER	3
CROSS QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS	3
ORANGES AND LEMONS	3
MUSICAL CHAIRS OR GOING TO JERUSALEM	4
THE TRAVELER’S ALPHABET	4
THE FAMILY COACH	4
DROP THE HANDKERCHIEF	5
MAGIC MUSIC	5
BUZZ	5
CAT AND MOUSE	6
THE SEA KING	6
BLIND MAN’S BUFF	7
PUSS IN THE CORNER	7
THE POSTMAN	7
THE DWARF	8
HOW, WHEN, AND WHERE	8
OLD SOLDIER	9
BOB MAJOR	9
DUMB CRAMBO	9
TRADES	9
THE SCHOOLMASTER	10
RULE OF CONTRARY	10
SIMON SAYS	10
THE BIRD-CATCHER	10
FRENCH ROLL	11
THE GARDEN GATE	11
CHARADES	11
THE “BAND-BOX” CHARADE	12
BAND	12
BOX	13
THE GAME OF CAT	15
LIVING PICTURES	15
ACTING PROVERBS	16
SHOUTING PROVERBS	17
PROVERBS	17
THE ADVENTURERS	19
POSTMAN’S KNOCK	20
CONSEQUENCES	20
EARTH, AIR, FIRE, AND WATER	21
CRAMBO	21
LOST AND FOUND	21
HUNT THE SLIPPER	22
FLYING	22
THE BLIND MAN’S WAND	23
JUDGE AND JURY	23
LODGINGS TO LET	24
HUNT THE RING	24
THE STOOL OF REPENTANCE	24
THE FEATHER	25
THE GAME OF CONVERSATION	25
THE GALLERY OF STATUES	25
THE HUNTSMAN	26
HOT BOILED BEANS AND BACON	26
RED CAP AND BLUE CAP	27
IT	27
ACTING RHYMES	27
MAN AND OBJECT	28
THE JOLLY MILLER	28
RUTH AND JACOB	29
CHECKERS	29
DOMINOES	30
GREEN GRAVEL	31
FIVES AND THREES	31
PAPER AND PENCIL GAMES	32
NOUGHTS AND CROSSES	32
CARD GAMES	34
ALL FOURS	34
SNAP	35
SNIP, SNAP, SNORUM	35
OLD MAID	36
POPE JOAN	36
BEGGAR MY NEIGHBOR	37
RIDDLES	38
THOUGHT READING	42
THE CUSHION DANCE	43
THE FARMYARD	43
DIAMOND RING	43
THE FORBIDDEN LETTER	44
GRAND MUFTI	44
MAGIC WRITING	44
FLOWERS	44
FOX AND GEESE	45
CAT’S CRADLE	45
PERSONATIONS	46
FROG IN THE MIDDLE	46
GIANT	46
COCK FIGHTING	46
GAMES WITH THE ALPHABET	47
HONEY POTS	47
THE SPELLING GAME	48
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS	49
DUCK UNDER THE WATER	49
WONDERMENT	49
THE ANTS AND THE GRASSHOPPER	51
THE MAGIC WHISTLE	52
A RUNNING MAZE	52
THE COACH AND FOUR	52
MALAGA RAISINS	53
SALLY WATER	53
PIGEON-HOUSE GAME	53
OATS AND BEANS AND BARLEY	54
BINGO	54
LUBIN LOO	54
THE LITTLE LADY	55
I SAY STOOP	56
FLAG RACE	56
SQUIRREL AND NUT	56
RACING AND COUNTING SCORES	57
SCHOOL-ROOM BASKET BALL	57
LAST MAN	57
CHANGING SEATS	57
HUCKLE, BUCKLE, BEANSTALK	57
BLACKBOARD RELAY	58
HIDE THE THIMBLE	58
SUGGESTIVE BREATHING WORK	58
THE FOX CHASE	58
POISON	58
SLAP-JACK	58
CROW’S RACE	59
RIDING THE BICYCLE	59
CAT AND RAT	59
JUMPING THE ROPE	59
TEACHER	59
BIRD-CATCHER	59
TAG ME, OR HEADS UP	59
AN ERASER GAME	60
CIRCLE BALL	60
SEAT TAG—A SCHOOL-ROOM GAME	60
DEAD BALL	60
PRELIMINARY BALL	60
DODGE	60
THIRD MAN	61
FOX AND CHICKENS	61
ERASER RELAY	61
SCHOOL-ROOM TAG	61
THE SERPENTINE MAZE	61
TEACHER AND CLASS	62
BLACKBOARD RELAY	62
TAG THE WALL RELAY	62
SLOW POKE (INDOORS)	62
TRICKS AND PUZZLES	63
THE DANCING EGG	63
THE MAGIC THREAD	63
THE SWIMMING NEEDLES	63
THE BRIDGE OF KNIVES	63
TO BALANCE A COFFEE-CUP ON THE POINT OF A KNIFE	64
THE OBSTINATE CORK	64
SIX AND FIVE MAKE NINE	64
THE VANISHING DIME	64
TO LIGHT A SNOWBALL WITH A MATCH	65
THE DANCING PEA	65
THE BALANCING SPOON	65
THE FORCE OF A WATER-DROP	65
THE SENTINEL EGG	66
THE COIN TRICK	66
THE WONDERFUL PENDULUM	66
THE REVOLVING PINS	66
THE MYSTERIOUS BALL	67
THE MAN WITH HIS HEAD THE WRONG WAY	67
TO FIND AN OBJECT WHILE BLINDFOLDED	67
CHINESE SHADOWS	67
HAND SHADOWS	68
THE GAME OF SHADOWS	68
THINK OF A NUMBER	68
LIVING SHADOWS	69
TO GUESS THE TWO ENDS OF A LINE OF DOMINOES	69
TO TELL THE AGE OF ANY PERSON	69
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