Pin the tail on the donkey
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Pin the tail on the donkey is a game played by groups of children. The earliest version listed in a catalog of American games compiled by the American Game Collectors Association in 1998, is dated 1899, and attributed to Kate Hunt.[1]
It is common at birthday parties and other gatherings. A picture of a donkey with a missing tail is tacked to a wall within easy reach of children.[2] One at a time, each child is
The game is also used in child development research.[4]
The game can also be played by teenagers and adults, especially if the "donkey" is replaced with depictions of something or someone else. As a drinking game, the person with the worst tail pinning is awarded one shot of a selected alcohol, to be determined by house rules or the loser in a friendly environment.[3]
Idiomatically, the term can be used derisively for any assigned activity which is pointless or for which a person has been handicapped (blindfolded)[citation needed].
See also
- Eeyore, a character who loses his tail and has to have it pinned back on.
- Fukuwarai, a similar Japanese game
- Piñata
References
- ^ http://gamecatalog.org/gc/printed/gc8.pdf Archived 2014-06-11 at the Wayback Machine The Game Catalog, 8th Edition, October 1998 - Page 89
- ^ ISBN 1-58717-230-5.
- ^ a b Rodney P. Carlisle: Encyclopedia of Play in Today’s Society, Band 2, SAGE, 2009, P. 483
- PMID 3208569.
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