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Enjoyable palour games (cont.) E-Tuk (Scoop
It Up)
| ........Enjoyable game with tamarind or custard
apple seeds. Children kept these leftovers in
boxes and prized them as if they were gold and
silver. To play the game, these young players
would gather the seeds, draw a circle, and make a
scoop out of oblong cardboard by wrapping up its
two opposite sides. To start the game a player
would strew the seeds into the circle. Each would
take turn to scoop up the amount of seeds
approved by the players. That is, if they agreed
to pick up one seed at a time, they must try to
scoop it up without touching the others, or else
they would lose their turn. Any player who got
most of the seeds would be the winner, and could
keep them as a reward. |
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Seua Tok Thung (Tiger and bucket)
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........Two players encounter in the game board which,
typically, has a picture of a bucket in one corner (see
the illustration). There are four posts, and each player
possesses two cowries which are to be placed at the
posts, facing each other. The player can move the cowries
to five positions, including the middle, and can also
move diagonally. If trapped and forced to pass the
bucket, he would lose. |
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Trapped position
MangMoom (Spider)
........Put your hands on the top of others',
with thumb and forefinger touching the back of
the head underneath in shape of spider. While
singing the rhyme, move the hand up and down.
When the rhyme finishes, quickly put your hands
off as if running away from a fierce dog which
tried to bite your buttocks.
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"MangMoom oei |
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KaYoum LangKa |
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Maew
Kin Pla |
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Maa Kad
KraPong Kon" |
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"O spider |
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On the rooftop |
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The cat eats fish; |
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The dog snaps your
buttocks" |
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