Ghost in the Graveyard
A.K.A. Hit the Door (indoor)
A.K.A. The Witch Ain't Out Tonight (outdoor)
A.K.A. Bloody Murder (outdoor)
This game is usually played inside, and the emphasis is more on hiding thanchasing. The second and third variations are outdoor/night games
First you gather up at least 3 or more people. Then you find a base.Next you choose 1 person to be it. That person will stand on the base and1:00, 2:00, 3:00 and keeps doing that until you get to 12:00. All other playershide while "It" counts. On 12:00yell out 'Midnight'. Then all the hiders try to run to the base beforethe person that is it catches you. Then if a person gets found then theyare it.
For "Hit the Door" the base must be a door and you must hit it tobe safe.
Contributed by Lauren Wengerd
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One person would be the ghost.
The rest of the group would stay on"base" and count " one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock,rock...'till you got to midnight (after every 3rd number say"rock"). Then go search for the ghost. Whoever found theghost yelled "ghost in the graveyard" and all the seekers out make amad dash back to base. Whoever was tagged was the next ghost. It is best to playwhen it is early evening or dark.
Contributed by Patty Heron
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It MUST be played after dark, in the summer, preferably with some moonlight.
One person is selected to be the witch. (We preferred to use big potatoes!)The witch hides while the rest of the group counts to 100. At that point, thegroup goes forth singing over and over again "The witch ain't out tonight!The witch ain't out tonight!". We always had certain areas, such as aroundour house or through a particular small field, that had agreed upon parameters.Not that we knew what parameters meant, mind you! Whenever the witch feels likeit, he/she bursts from hiding and catches as many of the chanters as possiblewhile the rest run screaming for home. Once all are sorted out, the caughtpeople are also witches and hide as before, continuing on until only one personis left unwitched. That person becomes the witch in the next round. The game isplayed until all participants are tired of singsonging the chant or until theparents cruelly force happy children to come inside and bathe.
Contributed by Melody Knopf
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One person goes to hide and we count like this, One o'clock, Two O'clock, Three O'clock...until we get to Midnight(yelling this really loud ) then the would be victims go an search reluctantly for the "bloody
murderer". They search until someone shouts BLOODY MURDER !!! and they all run screaming bloody murder back to the base, theperson caught is the next murderer.
Contributed by Jackie
Related to: Kick the Can, Octopus Tag,Man Tag
