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STORY--GAME

THE PLAYERS WOULD BE SEATED, PREFERABLY IN A
CIRCLE. SOME PERSON, NOT PLAYING, WOULD THEN
WHISPER TO EACH PLAYER A PHRASE. THEN THAT PERSON
WOULD START A STORY AND AS THEY GO AROUND THE
CIRCLE, EACH PLAYER WOULD ATTEMPT TO CONTINUE THE
STORY, ADDING TO IT THE PHRASE HE HAD BEEN GIVEN.
THE BEGINNER WOULD CALL TIME FOR EACH PLAYER AND
FINALLY CALL TIME FOR THE GAME. THEN THE STORY WOULD
END AND THE OTHER PLAYERS WOULD ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY
EACH OTHERS PHRASES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

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

Date learned: 11-29-1967

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