The games I frequently play are Blindman's buff, Tig, Spy, Hide-and-go-seek, Pitch and toss, Ducks Off, Skittles, Fox-and-Geese, Frog-in-the middle, and Sharing the ring.
I amuse myself in nut-cracking and blackberry-picking in Autumn and in Winter when the frost is on the ground I go catching birds with bird traps which I make myself. I also amuse myself playing cards in the Winter.
The game I like best is "Ducks Off". This is how it is played. A stone called the Jack is put at the bottom of another stone called the Duck. Any number of boys can play this game at one time. The game consists in trying to knock the Duck off the Jack. The boys must stand about four yards back from the Jack stone