Goslings
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Section titled “Translated text”A rural children’s game from the Kalisz region and Lesser Poland, suitable for children’s gardens, primary schools, and the lowest grades of secondary schools.
(a) The children choose from among themselves a “mother” (or “grandmother”), who stands in the “nest” (a circle several paces in diameter, drawn on the ground), and a “wolf” (or several wolves). The rest are “goslings.” A conversation takes place between the mother and the goslings: — Go to the field, goslings! — We’re afraid! — Of what? — The wolf! — And where is he? — Behind the fence! — What is he doing? — Tearing cats. — How many has he torn? — Three kopy. — What does he drink? — Swill. — What does he eat? — Dry cheese. — What does he cover himself with? — A wolf’s tail. — Chase him, wolf! (or: — Goslings, to the field!) The goslings run out of the nest (where the wolf is not allowed to catch them); the wolf catches them one by one until all are caught. Then the game ends, and in the next round, the last caught gosling becomes the wolf.
(b) In other areas, the goslings start the game behind the nest, and the mother calls them to her, while the wolf blocks their way and catches them. Here, the beginning and end of the conversation are: — Goslings, come home!
Source scan: Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library, marked “Public Domain.” See PDF — page 105.
Metadata
Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Eugeniusz Piasecki, Zabawy i gry ruchowe dzieci i młodzieży (1922)
- Printed pages: 100–101 / PDF 105–106
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 100
- Read the source text: zgr-055