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HUCKLE-BUCKLE BEANSTALK

THIS IS A GAME INVOLVING SEVERAL PLAYERS. ONE PERSON HIDES
AN OBJECT (ANYTHING, RELATIVELY SMALL) WHILE THE OTHER
PLAYERS HAVE TO FIND IT. SOMETIMES A LIMITED TIME WAS
GIVEN TO THE "HIDER" BY HAVING THE PLAYERS COUNT. THE
PLAYERS, ALSO, KNOW WHAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. WHEN A
PLAYER THINKS HE HAS FOUND THE OBJECT, INSTEAD OF YELLING
"I FOUND IT," THE PLAYER WOULD HAVE TO RUN TO A DESIGNATED
AREA OR "GOAL" AND YELL "HUCKLE-BUCKLE BEANSTALK!" WITHOUT
GIVING AWAY THE IDENTITY OF THE LOCATION. THE "HIDER"
WOULD THEN VERIFY THE FINDERS' LOCATION OF THE OBJECT
AND THE NEW FINDER WOULD THEN BECOME THE "HIDER."

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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