Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1906 — A Thanksgiving Game. [ARTICLE]

A Thanksgiving Game.

One of the funniest of the funny games peculiar to Thanksgiving time is called "hunt the turkey.” Go out to the kitchen and take the turkey out of the oven and bring it in and hide it somewhere in the parlor/ Under the lace curtains in the windows is a good place or you might shove it down inside of the piano. Then let the guests come in and hunt for it. The person who finds it must hit some one with it before the person can get it back to the other room, which is home base. 'lt is not fair to throw the turkey, as it must be swung by the hands. If a person accidentally (knocks over a lamp or breaks a picture or Wlirows the turkey through the window he or she must pay a forfeit. Of course this game, which is funny and one in which both young and old may join, must not be played longer than half an hour before the time set for the dinner, for the turkey must be taken back to the oven and allowed to finish cooking before being carried to the table. It is not fair to take bites out of the turkey when it is found and it is also against the rules of the game to kick the turkey around the room. It must be held in the hands, right aide up. so that the stuffing will not fall out —New York World.