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if they succeed pursue and catch the unlucky player and rub his head 

 with the ball, telling him that they will &quot;oil his head so that he shall 

 not starve,&quot; while the other players shriek with laughter. This game 

 goes on night after night during the season on top of a hill near St 

 Michael, the laughter and cries of the players being heard for hours. 



In addition to this game another is played, particularly among the 

 women, in which the ball is merely tossed from hand to hand. 



HOCKEY (ai -yu-taV -u-tfit or pat-Jc&amp;gt;u-t$V -u-g tt)(8t Michael). This 

 is played with a small ball of ivory, leather, or wood, and a stick 

 curved at the lower end. The ball and stick are called pat-Wu -tuk. 

 The ball is placed on the ground or ice and the players divide into two 

 parties. Each player with his stick attempts to drive the ball across 

 the opponents goal, which is established as in the football game. 



GRASS-BALL GAME (mum -u-ghi) (St Michael). In summer the men 

 make a stout ball of grass, five or six inches in diameter, from which 

 the game takes its name. Sides are chosen and each, when having the 

 ball, pursues the other. The members of each side try to hit their 

 opponents with the ball while the latter attempt to avoid being struck 

 or to obtain the ball in order to hit their opponents. The side scoring 

 the greatest number of hits is the winner. 



EOPE JUMPING (a-tukh -ta-g &Tc) (St Michael). This is a summer 

 game played out of doors. A heavy rope, from 18 to 24 feet in length, 

 made of braided grass, is held at each end by a man or a woman and 

 swung in a circle. One player stands in the middle, sidewise to the 

 rope, and must jump it twice in succession as it is swung around and 

 then spring away without being touched. He is then replaced by a 

 companion, who repeats the performance. If either fails he exchanges 

 place with one of those swinging the rope. This rope is called 

 pi-hakh -luk. 



BLIND-MAN S BUFF (chaf-ta -tfauri) (St Michael). This is played by 

 young people during spring and summer. One of the players, either a 

 man or a woman, is blindfolded and the others stand in a circle around 

 him and set up a shout. After this all try to keep perfectly quiet, 

 creeping softly about on the ground to avoid being caught, the first 

 person caught being in turn blindfolded. 



HIDE AND SEEK (i-tfu -ta-g a -tl-lM) (St Michael). This game is 

 played in summer, when the grass is long, by both men and women, 

 but not together. The players divide into two sides, standing oppo 

 site each other and bent over so that the crowns of each opposing pair 

 rest against each other, their hands being clasped and outstretched on 

 each side. Then a designated player hides in the grass or behind some 

 shelter and when well concealed utters a faint cry. The two sides 

 then separate, the opposing side searching for the one concealed. 

 When he is found all join as before, with heads and hands together, 

 while the one successful in discovering the other conceals himself in 

 the same manner. 



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