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Thread #108470 Message #2256880
Posted By: Megan L
08-Feb-08 - 11:58 AM
Thread Name: BS: Bobbing for corn on the cob. ? ? ?
Subject: RE: BS: Bobbing for corn on the cob. ? ? ?
HE he he you could try Snapdragon I read about it years ago and recently found this reference on line. "The most famous Victorian Christmas game was called Snapdragon. It was traditionally played by children on Christmas Eve. Raisons are placed in a bowl filled with brandy. The brandy is then ignited, and all other lights are turned out. The people playing then try to snatch the raisons out without burning their fingers. One person would chant the following refrain, "Here he comes with flaming bowl. Don't he mean to take his toll. Snip! Snap! Dragon! Take care you don't take to much. Be not greedy in your clutch." This does point out the difference between their society and ours, since few parents in our society would allow their children to play a game in which they are suppose to deliberately stick their hands in a fire."