DROP THE HANDKERCHIEF

10 to 20 or more players
Outdoors or indoors

    All players but one stand or sit in a circle.

  Everybody in the circle must look toward the

 center and must not turn to look back.  The odd

 player walks around outside the circle formation

 with a handkerchief which he drops behind one

of the circle players.  He drops it in such a way

 that the circle player is unaware of it being dropped.

  The seated players may feel behind them to check

 whether or not the handkerchief was dropped, or they

 will watch the one walking around, noticing if he still

 has the handkerchief in his hand or not. 

Once the  circle player behind whom the handkerchief

 has been dropped becomes aware of the handkerchief,

 he quickly picks it up and,  as a rapidly as possible, 

 chases the one who dropped it.  If the player who

 dropped the handkerchief is tagged before he reaches

the vacant place left by the one chasing him,  he must

take the latter's place in the circle of players. 

A player who does not discover that the handkerchief

 has been dropped behind him after one trip around

the circle  is chased by the dropper.  He is struck with

 the handkerchief until he reaches his place.  Then the

 same handkerchief-player drops the handkerchief

 in the next game.