Váczi Mária: Székelyvarsági játékvilág (A Szórakaténusz Játékmúzeum és Műhely gyűjteményei 1; Kecskemét, 2002)

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man's buff), the ring-finding game and the master-of-a-trade game are well known among children as well. In breaks boys like to play "szőristopozás". They pot one leg in the middle and somebody shouts: "szőristop". The others must withdraw their leg quickly to avoid being trod. Who is late, drops out. The following money game is also played by children. One child puts two coins in his fellow's palm and begins to ask: Have you got water? - Yes, we have. Have you got soap? - Yes, we have. Have you got a towel? - Yes, we have. While asking these questions, he rubs the coins, so his fellow's hand becomes dirty and he has to wash his hand. Spinneries were important places of social life, nobody could stay at home without punishment. If somebody did not turn up, they coaxed him into coming out, seated him on the dung cart and screamed. This person was not absent from the spinnery any more. Coarser jokes also happened in the world of spinneries. One is told in this story: "We wrapped a man in straw and led him into the spinnery. Women were scared and one of them wanted to light him, so the 'bear' ran out of the room. The gendarme did not like this game." They made devil's scissors from a metre long stick and pinched each other's nose and bottom with these. It was also a popular spinnery amusement. Other games helped young people to get aquainted, for example the falling into the well. There was a chair in the corner, a boy was sitting on it. There was a driver who drove the girl called. The girl had to kiss the boy. In another game two chairs were turned with back to each other, a boy and a girl sat on them. When they heard 'Turn little chair!' they turned. If they looked in the same direction, they kissed each other, if they looked the opposite direction, they gave pawn. In Friday-Saturday game there was one chair less in the circle. The person without chair shouted : 'Friday-Saturday!' The others had to occupy a chair, and the one who was too slow changed place with the 'barker'. Playing cards is equally popular in all generations. Personal and folk calendar holidays had customs that made these occasions happier. On „namedays" they wore masks. They made teeth of potato and put them into their mouth. One woman dressed up as a man, nobody recognized her, so they laughed a lot. The preparations were the most happy periods.