Figure 1.--Here some French Canadian children are playing tag on Mt. Royale in 1912. The girls have fancy hats and white dresses. The boy wears a tunic suit, but not a hat. I'm not sure if he took it off for the game or did not have one. Notice that the girls' dresses have the same wide belt as the boy's tunic. The photograph appeared in the "Standard" on July 13.

We know very little about the games Canadian children played. We suspect that they were very similar to those played in England as well as Ireland and Scotland. We do not know if French Canadian children played any different games or were influenced by France. We note that French Canadian children were plating tag in 1912. This seems to have been a popular game throughout Europe and North america, if not the world. The Canadian children seen rather well dressed for play, perhaps it some kind of family outing or perhaps a walk in the park after church. The girls have fancy hats and white dresses. The boy wears a tunic suit, but not a hat. I'm not sure if he took it off for the game or did not have one. Notice that the girls' dresses have the same wide belt as the boy's tunic.

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