The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

HIDING GAME

FLASH LIGHT TAG- PLAYED AT NIGHT WITH THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE PERSON WAS "IT" COUNTING TO A HUNDRED, AT THE TAG TREE.
ALL OTHER PLAYERS HID. WHEN "IT" REACHED A HUNDRED HE YELLED OUT,
READY OR NOT HERE I COME
WITH THE USE OF THE FLASHLIGHT HE SEARCHED FOR THE HIDING PLAYERS.
THE FIRST ONE SPOTTED AND IDENTIFIED BEFORE REACHING THE TAG TREE
WAS CONSIDERED "IT" FOR THE NEXT GAME. IF "IT"
IDENTIFIED SOMEONE INCORRECTLY THAT PLAYER WAS CONSIDERED SAFE
AND ALLOWED TO GO TO THE TAG TREE. A PLAYER WAS CONSIDERED SAFE
SIMPLY BY REACHING THE TAG TREE UNDETECTED BY THE PERSON "IT"
AND YELLING OUT LOUD "SAFE."

Where learned: DETROIT

Date learned: CA00001968