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 98
. THE COOK WHO DOESNT LIKE PEAS. The leader of the game puts the following question tothe assembled players in succession :— My cook doesnt like peas ; what shall we give her toeat? A player suggests turnips, potatoes, a piece ofbread, chops, a penny roll, pork, &c. To all these, the questioner… … THE CLAIRVOYANT FOPw THE PEOPLR 89 If only two or three are in the secret, the game pro-ceeds for some time to the intense mystification of theplayers, who have no idea what they have said to incuror escape the penalties. It depends upon a play of words.The cook not liking P^, the players must…
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