hoodman-blind

What devil was\'t that thus hath cozen\'d you at hoodman-blind?

GEORGE WASHINGTON v. george bush. . . Hamlet: See what a grace was seated on this brow, . . .Look you now what follows 2006

I can here hardly do more than allude to the many games {51} that were traditional in England at Christmas -- hoodman-blind, shoe the wild mare, hot cockles, steal the white loaf, snap-dragon, and the rest.

Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Clement A. Miles

If the tale were to be published, the fun would lie, not in attempting to mystify the reader, but in watching with him the mystification of the hero, -- in showing how he played at hoodman-blind with his destiny, and how surprised he was, when, the bandage stripped from his eyes, he saw whom he had caught.

Grey Roses Henry Harland 1883

Its ancient name is 'hoodman-blind'; and when hoods were worn by both men and women -- centuries before hats and caps were so common as they are now -- the hood was reversed, placed hind-before, and was, no doubt, a much surer way of blinding the player than that now adopted -- for we have seen Charley try to catch his pretty cousin Caroline, by chasing her behind chairs and into all sorts of corners, to our strong conviction that he was not half so well blinded as he ought to have been.

Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson