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The Curtailed Pig

Cut a figure of a large pig from black paper cambric and baste it on the center of a sheet. Then stretch it tightly across a doorway, tacking it securely. The pig must be minus a tail, also his ears. Have made out of the cambric ears and tail appropriate for the pig, and on each one paste a small piece of white paper to write the names of each player on as you hand them the tails and ears. When all is ready, the players are blindfolded in turn, placed facing the pig a few steps back in the room. Then turned around rapidly two or three times and told to advance with the tail or ear held at arms length and with a pin previously inserted in the end, attach it to the cloth wherever they first touch it.

When each person has adorned the cloth with tails and ears, the person who has succeeded in fastening the appendage the nearest to its natural dwelling place, receives a prize, as does also the player who has given the most eccentric position. This is a very amusing game as very few will get the tail or ears, intrusted to their care, in the right place.