"Cuckoo"- an extremely risky game of officers of the Russian Imperial Army, which, nevertheless, was widespread in all remote garrisons, from Merv to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. True, in the Far East it was called "Tiger". Quote:
“Now it's much quieter. The scope is smaller - and the authorities put obstacles. Before they stood in the city: there is no circus, no theater ... An audience will gather at one of the singles, or in their officer's canteen, and after they have drunk well, they will immediately begin to play the cuckoo. Loved the passion of this game.
What kind of cuckoo is this, yesaul? the doctor asked again. - Any card game?
Esaul burst out laughing...
A cuckoo? .. - he asked again after a minute, throwing a gnawed bone far away from him. - This, I will tell you, is an interesting game, who only has strong nerves ... Usually some large building is chosen for this. The barn, or something, or the stable is empty - and now, about ten people climb there at night, each with a revolver in their hands, and a good supply of cartridges ... They will extinguish the fire and disperse throughout the room ... Well, there everyone will find something, whether a barrel, a box, and then some other thing, and he will be buried for it ... And one, by lot, should represent the very cuckoo ... They will sit down ... And everything will be quiet, so quiet, not even breathing is heard. And then the cuckoo will shout: “Cuckoo” ... The rest of the voice at the cuckoo and shoot ... How they grab it almost in one gulp ... Tra-ta-ta, and the bullets click on the walls ... And again it’s quiet so that you yourself hear, how my heart is pounding in my chest ... And there again: "Ku-ku." And in response: tra-ta-ta ... Many people got into the excitement. You shoot, you shoot ... He listens, and again: "Ku-ku." You forget that this is your own brother cuckooing, but you just think: “Wait, damn, next time I’ll cut you properly.” It happens that they take turns calling, but they run from place to place ... And when they go to shoot, then listen from the side - a whole battle ... It will be fun to do so.
And what, did such a game always end happily? - the excited doctor was indignant.
What a safe place there, - the narrator answered in a soothing tone. It was different ... Once, I remember, there was such an unfortunate cuckoo that they slammed our cornet at once, without firing a dozen shots. Another lieutenant was shot, I don’t remember his last name, I know that he was a rifleman ... So then they fired almost all night long, but only in the morning, when everyone was tired, we hear: “Oh.” We lit a fire, we look - they shot the lieutenant in the hand ... And nothing, the hand healed.
Well, you had morals here, - Dr. K laughed nervously ... You seem to recall this with some special pleasure. It just gets scary. After all, in this way, you can send a person to the other world for a penny ...
Well, it happened, but only, I’ll tell you, it seems like a wild game, but it taught you to control yourself ... Look, a good fellow took part in everything: he played in different stories, and played the cuckoo, and went to the tiger ... And was developed in such a way that the nerves are like ropes. The first person then turned out to be at war. Laugh to yourself, but I will still say that this reckless prowess also served to the benefit, educating the spirit that has always distinguished the Turkestan troops ... So you condemn the cuckoo ... But a whole generation of Turkestan officers was brought up on it in the mind that life is a penny , and therefore these tomboys later showed, when necessary, miracles of courage ... Everything has its time ... "
D. N. Logofet. On the borders of Central Asia. Travel essays in 3 books. Book 2. Russian-Afghan border. - St. Petersburg, 1909.
"Cuckoo" is an extremely risky game of officers of the Russian Imperial Army, which, nevertheless, was widespread in all remote garrisons, from Merv to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. True, in the Far East it was called "Tiger". Quote:
“Now it's much quieter. The scope is smaller - and the authorities put obstacles. Before they stood in the city: there is no circus, no theater ... An audience will gather at one of the singles, or in their officer's canteen, and after they have drunk well, they will immediately begin to play the cuckoo. Loved the passion of this game.
What kind of cuckoo is this, yesaul? the doctor asked again. - Any card game?
Esaul burst out laughing...
A cuckoo? .. - he asked again after a minute, throwing a gnawed bone far away from him. - This, I will tell you, is an interesting game, who only has strong nerves ... Usually some large building is chosen for this. The barn, or something, or the stable is empty - and now, about ten people climb there at night, each with a revolver in their hands, and a good supply of cartridges ... They will extinguish the fire and disperse throughout the room ... Well, there everyone will find something, whether a barrel, a box, and then some other thing, and he will be buried for it ... And one, by lot, should represent the very cuckoo ... They will sit down ... And everything will be quiet, so quiet, not even breathing is heard. And then the cuckoo will shout: “Cuckoo” ... The rest of the voice at the cuckoo and shoot ... How they grab it almost in one gulp ... Tra-ta-ta, and the bullets click on the walls ... And again it’s quiet so that you yourself hear, how my heart is pounding in my chest ... And there again: "Ku-ku." And in response: tra-ta-ta ... Many people got into the excitement. You shoot, you shoot ... He listens, and again: "Ku-ku." You forget that this is your own brother cuckooing, but you just think: “Wait, damn, next time I’ll cut you properly.” It happens that they take turns calling, but they run from place to place ... And when they go to shoot, then listen from the side - a whole battle ... It will be fun to do so.
And what, did such a game always end happily? - the excited doctor was indignant.
What a safe place there, - the narrator answered in a soothing tone. It was different ... Once, I remember, there was such an unfortunate cuckoo that they slammed our cornet at once, without firing a dozen shots. Another lieutenant was shot, I don’t remember his last name, I know that he was a rifleman ... So then they fired almost all night long, but only in the morning, when everyone was tired, we hear: “Oh.” We lit a fire, we look - they shot the lieutenant in the hand ... And nothing, the hand healed.
Well, you had morals here, - Dr. K laughed nervously ... You seem to recall this with some special pleasure. It just gets scary. After all, in this way, you can send a person to the other world for a penny ...
Well, it happened, but only, I’ll tell you, it seems like a wild game, but it taught you to control yourself ... Look, a good fellow took part in everything: he played in different stories, and played the cuckoo, and went to the tiger ... And was developed in such a way that the nerves are like ropes. The first person then turned out to be at war. Laugh to yourself, but I will still say that this reckless prowess also served to the benefit, educating the spirit that has always distinguished the Turkestan troops ... So you condemn the cuckoo ... But a whole generation of Turkestan officers was brought up on it in the mind that life is a penny , and therefore these tomboys later showed, when necessary, miracles of courage ... Everything has its time ... "
A cuckoo? .. - he asked again after a minute, throwing a gnawed bone far away from him. - This, I will tell you, is an interesting game, who only has strong nerves ... Usually some large building is chosen for this. The barn, or something, or the stable is empty - and now, about ten people climb there at night, each with a revolver in their hands, and a good supply of cartridges ... They will extinguish the fire and disperse throughout the room ... Well, there everyone will find something, whether a barrel, a box, and then some other thing, and he will be buried for it ... And one, by lot, should represent the very cuckoo ... They will sit down ... And everything will be quiet, so quiet, not even breathing is heard. And then the cuckoo will shout: “Cuckoo” ... The rest of the voice at the cuckoo and shoot ... How they grab it almost in one gulp ... Tra-ta-ta, and the bullets click on the walls ... And again it’s quiet so that you yourself hear, how my heart is pounding in my chest ... And there again: "Ku-ku." And in response: tra-ta-ta ... Many people got into the excitement. You shoot, you shoot ... He listens, and again: "Ku-ku." You forget that this is your own brother cuckooing, but you just think: “Wait, damn, next time I’ll cut you properly.” It happens that they take turns calling, but they run from place to place ... And when they go to shoot, then listen from the side - a whole battle ... It will be fun to do so.
And what, did such a game always end happily? - the excited doctor was indignant.
What a safe place there, - the narrator answered in a soothing tone. It was different ... Once, I remember, there was such an unfortunate cuckoo that they slammed our cornet at once, without firing a dozen shots. Another lieutenant was shot, I don’t remember his last name, I know that he was a rifleman ... So then they fired almost all night long, but only in the morning, when everyone was tired, we hear: “Oh.” We lit a fire, we look - they shot the lieutenant in the hand ... And nothing, the hand healed.
Well, you had morals here, - Dr. K laughed nervously ... You seem to recall this with some special pleasure. It just gets scary. After all, in this way, you can send a person to the other world for a penny ...
Well, it happened, but only, I’ll tell you, it seems like a wild game, but it taught you to control yourself ... Look, a good fellow took part in everything: he played in different stories, and played the cuckoo, and went to the tiger ... And was developed in such a way that the nerves are like ropes. The first person then turned out to be at war. Laugh to yourself, but I will still say that this reckless prowess also served to the benefit, educating the spirit that has always distinguished the Turkestan troops ... So you condemn the cuckoo ... But a whole generation of Turkestan officers was brought up on it in the mind that life is a penny , and therefore these tomboys later showed, when necessary, miracles of courage ... Everything has its time ... "
D. N. Logofet. On the borders of Central Asia. Travel essays in 3 books. Book 2. Russian-Afghan border. - St. Petersburg, 1909.
ROUND GAMES IN KINDERGARTEN
1. Cuckoo
Children stand in a circle.
In the center is the driver with closed eyes.
Children walk in a circle and sing:
To us a cuckoo in the garden
Arrived and sings
You cuckoo don't yawn
Guess who cuckoos"
The teacher points to anyone in the circle.
The child sings "Coo-coo."
2. "Hare-ermine"
According to the rhyme, "Zainka" is selected
Children walk in a circle singing the words:
Hare-ermine
Nowhere for the hare to jump out
High fences all around
And the hare has short legs
Well, bunny hop-hop,
Turn sideways
Come on bunny turn around
To whom you want, bow.
With the end of singing, the bunny chooses a new driver.
3. "Vegetables"
Children walk in a circle holding hands.
In the center of the circle is a blindfolded driver.
Everyone sings:
Somehow in the evening in the garden
Turnip beetroot, radish, onion
Decided to play hide and seek
But first we stood in a circle
Stop, count bending fingers
The driver is spinning.
Settled right away
One two three four five,
Hide better
Hide deeper.
Well, you go looking.
Children crouch, the driver goes to look.
Trying to find and guess by touch who he caught.
4. "Lamb"
Children walk in a circle and sing. In the center is the driver "Lamb"
You are a gray lamb
You are a white lamb
We fed you
We fed you
You do not butt us
play with us
Rather catch up.
When the song ends, the children run away. The lamb is catching.
Whoever is caught plays the role of a lamb.
5. "Cap of a stork"
Before the start of the game, a stork and a child with a stork cap are selected.
Children stand in a circle, holding hands. There is a stork in the center. His hands are folded behind his back with palms together.
The children walk in a circle, the stork walks backwards inside the circle, raising its legs high. He looks for a cap and sings:
Stork: I walked over the river
This is where I lost my hat.
A brand new hat
warm hat
Little red hat.
Children go in a circle.
The child around the circle holds a hat in his hands, goes in the opposite direction and sings:
Child: I came to the river
Here I found a hat
A brand new hat
warm hat
Little red hat.
At the end of the song, everyone stops.
Child: Well, try to catch up
Take your hat off.
Children raise their joined hands, forming a gate through which a stork and a child run. The stork catches up, puts on a cap and dances as a couple inside the circle. The stork remains in the circle, the child with the hat is chosen by another.
If the stork does not catch, the leader becomes a stork. The stork becomes in a circle. The game is repeated.
6. "Game with a bell"
Music sounds.
Children stand in a circle holding hands.
In the center of the circle is a child with a bell.
With the beginning of singing, they go in opposite directions.
A child with a bell sings:
I walk with a bell
I look at the kids
golden bell
Who will dance with me?
At the end of the song, a child with a bell
chooses the one with whom he will dance.
Two children dance to any dance music.
The selected child becomes the leader.
7. Stargazer
Children stand in a circle. Stargazer in the center.
Children walk in a circle to the right and sing:
The stars are twinkling in the sky
The stars want to play
The stargazer counts the stars
One two three four five!
Chorus: (go in a circle, step back.)
Stargazer, stargazer,
Play with us!
What will you show us
Let's figure it out ourselves.
Children guess what the astrologer does.
Option 2:
We called the Astrologer
Let him count us in a row
In our garden as in the sky
Lots of stars guys.
Astrologer:
Guess which one of you
What am I doing now?
Whoever guesses what the Stargazer does, he becomes the Stargazer.
8. "Stork and frogs"
Children stand in a circle holding hands.
In the center of the circle is a stork.
Children go around singing
The stork walks with its legs high
and flaps his arms - "wings"
The stork went hunting
Walks, walks through the swamp.
I really want to eat a frog,
I really want to eat a frog!
Frogs are jumping
The stork stands on one leg and flaps its wings.
The frogs sing:
Kwaki, kwaki, kva kva.kva.
With the end of the music, the frogs jump from the stork, and he catches them.
Whoever is caught becomes a stork.
9. "Burners"
Children, holding hands, walk in a circle.
The driver is in the center of the circle.
There may be a hare mask on the head.
As soon as the guys finish the sentence, everyone standing in the circle scatters.
With the end of the music, all players must find a mate.
The one who has not found a mate becomes the leader.
oblique, oblique,
Don't go barefoot
And go shod
Wrap your paws,
If you are shod
Wolves won't find a hare
The bear will not find you.
Come out, you're on fire!
10. "Funny guys"
Lines are drawn on two opposite sides of the site, and several circles are drawn on the side. This is the leader's house. The players gather behind the line on one side of the court and sing in unison:
We are funny guys
We love to run and jump.
Well, try to catch us!
One, two, three - catch!
After the word "catch!" everyone runs to the opposite side of the site. The driver must catch one of the runners before he crosses the second line. Caught becomes in a circle - the house of the driver. Then the children read the verses again and run across the playground in the opposite direction.
After 2-3 attempts, they count how many children are caught, choose a new driver and the game continues.
11. "Cosmonauts"
Holding hands, the children walk in a circle and sing:
Fast rockets are waiting for us
For planet walks.
What we want
Let's fly to this one!
But there is one secret in the game:
There is no room for latecomers!
As soon as the last word is said, everyone scatters around the “rocket sites” and tries to take their places in any of the pre-drawn rockets as soon as possible. Up to 5 circles are marked inside each rocket. This is the place for the participant. But there are fewer circles in rockets than participants. Those who are late for the rocket are out of the game.
The number of missiles is decreasing. The game starts over.
12. "Dawn - Dawn"
Children stand in a circle, hold their hands behind their backs, and one of the players - dawn - walks behind with a ribbon and says:
Zarya-Zarya,
red maiden,
Walked across the field
Dropped the keys
golden keys,
blue ribbons,
entwined rings -
Went for water!
With the last words, the leader carefully places the tape on the shoulder of one of the players, who, noticing this, quickly takes the tape, and they both run in different directions in a circle. The one who is left without a place becomes the dawn.
The game is repeated.
Runners must not cross the circle. The players do not turn around while the driver chooses who to put a tape on his shoulder
13. Carousel
The players become in a circle. A rope is lying on the ground, forming a ring (the ends of the rope are tied). The guys pick it up from the ground and, holding on to it with their right (or left) hand, walk in a circle with the words:
Barely, barely, barely
Carousels spun, and then around,
And then around and around
All run, run, run.
Children move slowly at first, and after the words "run" they run. At the command of the host "Turn!" they quickly take the rope with the other hand and run in the opposite direction.
Hush, hush, don't sleep!
Stop the carousel.
One and two, one and two
So the game is over!
The movement of the carousel gradually slows down and stops with the last words. The players put the rope on the ground and scatter around the site.
14. "Trap"
The players form two circles. The inner circle, holding hands, moves in one direction, and the outer circle in the other direction.
Outer circle - monkeys sing:
We are funny monkeys
We are jumpers, somersaults
We don't sit still
And we eat bananas.
Inner circle - Tigers sing:
And we tigers are not funny
We are hungry and angry
Sing the song one more time
We will catch you now.
At the signal of the leader, both circles stop. Those in the inner circle raise their hands to form a gate. Cheerful music sounds, the monkeys either run into the circle, passing under the gate, then run out of it. The music stops and the players in the inner circle throw their hands down abruptly. Players who are inside the circle are considered trapped. They join those in the inner circle and join hands. After that, the game is repeated.
15. "Bunny"
Children stand in a circle holding hands. In the center of the circle is a sad bunny. Children sing:
Bunny, bunny! What happened to you?
You are sitting very sick.
You get up, get up, jump!
Here's a carrot! (2 times)
Get it and dance!
All the children come up to the bunny and give him an imaginary carrot. The bunny takes a carrot, becomes cheerful and begins to dance. And the children clap their hands. Then another bunny is selected.
"Cuckoo" is an extremely risky game of officers of the Russian Imperial Army, which, nevertheless, was widespread in all remote garrisons, from Merv to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. True, in the Far East it was called "Tiger". Quote:
“Now it's much quieter. The scope is smaller - and the authorities put obstacles. Before they stood in the city: there is no circus, no theater ... An audience will gather at one of the singles, or in their officer's canteen, and after they have drunk well, they will immediately begin to play the cuckoo. Loved the passion of this game.
What is this cuckoo Yesaul ? the doctor asked again. - Any card game?
Esaul burst out laughing...
A cuckoo? .. - he asked again after a minute, throwing a gnawed bone far away from him. - This, I will tell you, is an interesting game, who only has strong nerves ... Usually some large building is chosen for this. The barn, or something, or the stable is empty - and now, about ten people climb there at night, each with a revolver in their hands, and a good supply of cartridges ... They will extinguish the fire and disperse throughout the room ... Well, there everyone will find something, whether a barrel, a box, and then some other thing, and he will be buried for it ... And one, by lot, should represent the very cuckoo ... They will sit down ... And everything will be quiet, so quiet, not even breathing is heard. And then the cuckoo will shout: “Cuckoo” ... The rest of the voice at the cuckoo and shoot ... How they grab it almost in one gulp ... Tra-ta-ta, and the bullets click on the walls ... And again it’s quiet so that you yourself hear, how my heart is pounding in my chest ... And there again: "Ku-ku." And in response: tra-ta-ta ... Many people got into the excitement. You shoot, you shoot ... He listens, and again: "Ku-ku." You forget that this is your own brother cuckooing, but you just think: “Wait, damn, next time I’ll cut you properly.” It happens that they take turns calling, but they run from place to place ... And when they go to shoot, then listen from the side - a whole battle ... It will be fun to do so.
And what, did such a game always end happily? - the excited doctor was indignant.
What a safe place there, - the narrator answered in a soothing tone. It was different ... Once, I remember, there was such an unfortunate cuckoo that they slammed our cornet at once, without firing a dozen shots. Another lieutenant was shot, I don’t remember his last name, I know that he was a rifleman ... So then they fired almost all night long, but only in the morning, when everyone was tired, we hear: “Oh.” We lit a fire, we look - they shot the lieutenant in the hand ... And nothing, the hand healed.
Well, you had morals here, - Dr. K laughed nervously ... You seem to recall this with some special pleasure. It just gets scary. After all, in this way, you can send a person to the other world for a penny ...
Well, it happened, but only, I’ll tell you, it seems like a wild game, but it taught you to control yourself ... Look, a good fellow took part in everything: he played in different stories, and played the cuckoo, and went to the tiger ... And was developed in such a way that the nerves are like ropes. The first person then turned out to be at war. Laugh to yourself, but I will still say that this reckless prowess also served to the benefit, educating the spirit that has always distinguished the Turkestan troops ... So you condemn the cuckoo ... But a whole generation of Turkestan officers was brought up on it in the mind that life is a penny , and therefore these tomboys later showed when it was necessary, miracles of courage … Everything has its time…"
(D.N. Logofet. On the borders of Central Asia. Travel essays in 3 books. Book 2. Russian-Afghan border. - St. Petersburg, 1909)
