Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1895 — Brand New Round Game. [ARTICLE]

Brand New Round Game.

If you want something to wake up the company at an evening party try this: Put a dinner plate in the oven till it gets heated just enough so that it is uncomfortable to hold, and yet not hot enough to burn, of course, and put a handful of nuts, popcorn or the like on it. Then announce how the game is played, thus: Let the company sit in a circle ; hand the warm plate to one of the players and say: “Have some nuts” or “Have some corn,” as the case may be. The one you hand it to must bow and say: “Thank you. I will,” at the same time taking a nut or kernel and passing the plate on to his neighbor with the invitation, “Have some nuts,,’ etc. So-it goes round from one to the next. Each one must say, "Thank you, I will;” take one, then take the plate; say “Have some nuts;” let the next player take one, and then hand him the platei If a player drops any of the nuts off the plate or says anything but the words given he must pay a forfeit. Don’t tell anyone that the plate is warm, and the surprise of all concerned will make lots of fun. ________ According to the eleventh census, there are 2,000,000 of Irish among our people.