American girl's book: or, Occupation for play hours (1831)
Leslie, Eliza, 1787-1858 · Boston, Munroe and Francis; New York, C. S. Francis · leaf 183
not play themin immediate succession, but keep one till her turncomes round again. With these Historical Cards any of the other juve-nile games may be played.—as, Old Bachelor, Matri-mony, &c. omitting to read the inscriptions. In playing Old Bachelor with the Philadelphiacards, leave out of… … THE AMERICAN GIRLS BOOK. 159 ENIGMAS, CHARADES, &C. Enigmas, charades, rebuses, and conundrums, comeunder the general name of riddles. An enigma describes the chief properties or char-acteristics of the thing to be guessed. A charade must refer to something that has two ormore syllables, each…
Handicraft · Amusements
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