The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

HIDE AND SEEK

THE PERSON WHO WAS IT BLINDED HIS EYES WHILE THE
OTHERS HID. AFTER COUNTING TO A CERTAIN NUMBER, HE
WOULD TRY TO FIND THOSE HIDDEN AND DRAG THEM BACK
ACROSS A LINE. IF SOMEONE COULD GET TO THOSE
WHO HAD BEEN ALREADY CAUGHT WITHOUT HIMSELF GETTING
CAUGHT, HE COULD FREE THE OTHERS BY TOUCHING THEM SO
THEY COULD HIDE AGAIN. THE PERSON WHO WAS IT COULD
END THE GAME BY YELLING, "OK, I GIVE UP."

Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Date learned: 11-00-1967