Hot potato
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Origins
The origins of the hot potato game are not clear. However, it may go back as far as 1888 when Sidney Oldall Addy's Glossary of Sheffield Words describes a game in which a number of people sit in a row, or in chairs round a parlor.[3] In this game, a lit candle is handed to the first person, who says:
See also
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References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wise, Derba (2003-11-10). Great Big Book of Children's Games. McGraw Hill Professional. p. 266. ISBN 9780071422468.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Maguire, Jack (1990). Hopscotch, Hangman, Hot Potato & Ha Ha Ha: A Rulebook of Children's Games. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0671763326.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Addy, Sidney Oldall (1888). A glossary of words used in the neighbourhood of Sheffield, including a selection of local names, and some notices of folklore, games and customs. London: Trubner & Co. for the English Dialect Society. p. 118 – via Internet Archive..
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