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Hot Boiled Beans

In this game, one of the players is sent out of the room, while the others hide a handkerchief or any small article that can be easily secreted. When the article has been concealed, the door is opened, and the seeker is invited to enter in these words: "Hot boiled beans and butter; walk in and find your supper." The seeker now sets to work to look for the hidden article. When he approaches the place of concealment, his playmates must give him notice of it, by telling him that he is "rather warm," "very hot," or, if he gets very near it, that he "burns." When he wanders away from the object of his search, he is told that he is "cold;" and if he persists in his mistaken course, he is informed that he "freezes." Should the seeker succeed in finding the hidden article, another player goes out of the room in his stead.