168 Tricks and Catches
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There are various rough tricks that have their outbreaks and periods of infliction among school-boys just like measles or whooping-cough. One of these is the making another fellow “walk Spanish.” You catch him by the collar and the slack of his pants behind, and make him step along on the tips of his toes. The walker feels very awkward and helpless, and the other fellows are very much amused by his manner. This performance is also called “The Shirt-tail Run.”
“The Dutch Whirl” is considered a very clever thing among the boys. Two of them catch a third between them, each with a grip on his coatsleeve and “pantleg,” and turn him over and land him on his feet again. It makes the whirled one a little dizzy and disconcerted, but has no serious effect if his clothing holds.
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