Cat and Mouse
Translation details
Model:mistral-large-2512.Translated text
Section titled “Translated text”A game widespread throughout Poland, suitable for children’s gardens, primary schools, and the lowest grades of secondary schools.
(a) The most common form of the game involves children, except for two, forming a circle while holding hands. Inside the circle is the “mouse” (which has complete freedom of movement, as the players let it through), and outside is the “cat,” which they do not allow inside. When the cat catches the mouse, another pair is chosen.
(b) In Sierpc County (Mazovia), players line up in two rows facing each other; the chase takes place between and beyond them.
(c) In Kutno County (Mazovia), players also stand in two rows, but these rows are very close to each other, and each player holds both hands of their vis-à-vis. This creates a “hole” through which only the mouse is allowed.
Transcription scope: musical notation and song lyrics omitted as material outside the corpus scope; exact boundaries recorded in the extraction report.
Source scan: Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library, marked “Public Domain”. See PDF — page 110.
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: 105 / PDF 110
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 105
- Read the source text: zgr-064