This is a game for young children. Some small article is hidden in the room, while the little on who has to find it is sent outside. This finished, the players call out together: “Hot Boiled Beans and Bacon; it’s hidden and can be taken!” The little one enters and begins to hunt about for the hidden article. When she comes near to its hiding-place, the company tell her that she is getting “hot”; or if she is not near it she is told that she is “cold.” That she is “very hot” or “very cold,” will denote that she is very near or very far away from the object that is hidden, whilst if she is extremely near, she would be told that she was “burning.” In this way the children can be interested in the game by being allowed to call out whether the little on is “hot” or “cold.”
Games for All Occasions by Mary E. Blain
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