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Favourite Christmas Family Game
The book by author and artist Joseph Strutt, 'Sports and Pastimes' mentions about 'Hot Cockels' which bears resemblance the classic Blind Man's Buff. The book was recently found in a house in Staffordshire.
The book talks about various games that were popular amongst families, is all set to be auctioned next month. It is revealed that rather than watching TV or playing on the latest games console, children loved entertaining traditional games, many of which are long forgotten.
The
various
traditional
games
included
in
the
book
are
Baste
the
Bear,
Duck
and
Drake
and
Puss
in
the
Corner,
which
involved
four
children,
each
standing
in
the
corner
of
a
room
with
another
standing
in
the
middle
and
those
at
the
corners
had
to
swap
positions
before
the
middle
one
taking
their
place.
Hippas is a Greek game that involves one person riding upon the shoulders of another, as upon a horse," Hunt the Fox, where one child was allowed to run a certain distance before having to return without anyone catching him.
The book is expected to fetch 200 pounds in an auction by Derby-based auctioneers Hansons on 21st January. Auctioneer Charles Hanson says that the book provides an insight to the lost age of childhood and innocence.
The
book
was
written
more
than
three
decades
ago
before
the
working
and
middle
classes
were
granted
the
vote,
it
was
largely
divided
along
social
lines
and
remains
Strutt's
most
popular
book
till
date.
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