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statues n Children's game in which players 'freeze' in different postures There's another game of 'statues'. They go out, ask them to count to ten; they all make a statue, so they try to lift them up without laughing and without moving. ~ One person takes the rest of th...

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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:elrcdne/53650 2023-12-31T10:19:28+01:00 _statues_ n xxxx/xx/xx image/jpeg 1 index card http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53650 eng eng S T C375-67 V Hayward M69-12 T Etchegary References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database 25082 S_25082_statues n http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/53650 Department of Folklore Original held in the Department of Folklore. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Department of Folklore English language--Dialects--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Manuscript ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:36Z statues n Children's game in which players 'freeze' in different postures There's another game of 'statues'. They go out, ask them to count to ten; they all make a statue, so they try to lift them up without laughing and without moving. ~ One person takes the rest of the crowd by the wrists or hands (individually of course) flings them round and round, and lets them go. As they fall on the grass they must stay the way they land without moving a muscle. In other words, like 'statues'. The person who does all the flinging then goes around and looks at all the 'statues'. The one she [CONTINUATION ON S_25083] likes best is the winner. Then the 'winner' has her turn flinging everyone around. Withdraw RH WK GMS Not used Not used Withdrawn Citation continued on S_25083. Manuscript Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description statues n Children's game in which players 'freeze' in different postures There's another game of 'statues'. They go out, ask them to count to ten; they all make a statue, so they try to lift them up without laughing and without moving. ~ One person takes the rest of the crowd by the wrists or hands (individually of course) flings them round and round, and lets them go. As they fall on the grass they must stay the way they land without moving a muscle. In other words, like 'statues'. The person who does all the flinging then goes around and looks at all the 'statues'. The one she [CONTINUATION ON S_25083] likes best is the winner. Then the 'winner' has her turn flinging everyone around. Withdraw RH WK GMS Not used Not used Withdrawn Citation continued on S_25083.
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References: Dictionary of Newfoundland English, http://www.heritage.nf.ca/dictionary/index.php
Dictionary of Newfoundland English Word Form Database
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