Home games for the people: a collection of family amusements for the fireside, parlour, or pic-nic parties. For the use of the old and young (1855)
New York, P. J. Cozans · leaf 65
.The players stand in a circle, and each one agrees to imi-tate some instrument of music. One pretends to playupon the violin, by holding out her right hand, and mov-ing her left as if she were drawing a bow across it.Those who have seen Mr. MaelzeVs little fiddler, icill knoiohow to do this to… … PINCH WITHOUT LAUGHING. FOR THE PEOPLE. 51 toiiclies the rounds, as if tliey were the strings of a harp ;another makes motions as if beating a drum ; anotherholds a stick after the manner of a guitar, and pretendsto play upon it ; another appears to be turning a hand-organ ; in a word, the players,…
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