The playground and the parlour: a handbook of boys\ games, sports, and amusements (1868)
Alfred Elliott. · leaf 43
44 « i spy." knees. Each Rider must cry i( Warning," before he at- tempts a leap. 12.— "I SPY!"* I do not know but that this game is better adapted for the lanes and meadows of a blooming country side than for the confined limits of a play-ground. It is, however, a … whoop." and the finders respond with a shout of " Coming, coming, coming ! " The moment that a hidden fugitive is discovered, the finder cries "I spy," and runs back to "Bounds" as fast as he can, pursued by the other, who tries to touch him, in which case he is considered a prisoner. If three or…
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