What Is the Ship Loaded With?
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Section titled “Translated text”The patrol sits in a circle. One letter is chosen, for example, A. Someone starts the game by tossing a handkerchief to another Scout and asking: “What is the ship loaded with?” The recipient answers with a word beginning with the chosen letter, for instance, in our example: watermelons. The game can be made more difficult by not selecting a letter beforehand, instead allowing the person tossing the handkerchief to specify the letter with which the answer must begin.
Another variation of this game is that when tossing the handkerchief, no letter is specified, but the first syllable of the answer is called out, which the partner must complete. For example, A, tossing the handkerchief to B, calls out: “What is the ship loaded with?” “On…”, and B finishes the answer by saying “On-ions.” Whoever fails to answer loses a point or gives a forfeit.
Yet another variation of the game involves players composing rhymes in the above manner to the word spoken by the first player.
Source scan: Polona / National Library, marked “Public Domain.” View scan — image 43.
Metadata
Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Juliusz Dąbrowski, Gry i zabawy w izbie harcerskiej (1934)
- Printed pages: 41
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 41
- Read the source text: gih-092