Then they dance round singing the first and second verses, the second verse being addressed to the child in the centre. She then whispers a boy s name to one in the ring. This girl then sings the third verse. None in the ring are supposed to be able to answer, and the name of the chosen boy is then said aloud by the girl who asked the question. If the name is satisfactory the ring sing the fourth verse, and the two players then retire and walk round a little. If the name given is not satisfactory the ring sing the fifth verse, and another child must be chosen. When the two again stand in the centre the boys sing the sixth verse. The girls answer with the seventh. Then all the ring sing the next verses, imitating washing clothes, wringing, ironing, baking bread, washing hands, combing hair, &c., suiting their actions to the words of the verses sung.
Pyramid Pool, 631 Baulk-line Billiards, 625 Black Pool, 642 Books on Billiards, 650 Bottle Pool, 649 Chicago Pool, 633 Colour-ball Pool, 639 Continuous Pool, 632 Cow-boy Pool, 634 Cushion Caroms, 626 English Billiards, 643 English Pool, 639 English Pyramid Pool, 632 English Billiard Laws, 644 Fifteen-ball Pool, 629 Forty-one Pool, 633 High-low-jack Game, 633 Laws of Billiards, American, 627 Little Corporal, 648 Pin Pool, 647 Shell Out Pool, 632 Snooker Pool, 636 Spanish Game of Billiards, 649 Binochle, 395 Melds, 398 Auction Binochle, 407 Gaigel, 406 Three-handed, 405 Four-handed, 407 Black Jack or Lady, 356 Black Pool, English, 642 Blind All Fours, 325 Blind Cinch, 340 Blind Euchre, 278 Blind Hookey, 527 Block Game, _dominoes_, 606 Bluff, _poker_, 245 Boodle, 507 Books on Billiards, 650 Boston, 165 Payments, 171 French Boston, 179 Russian Boston, 183 Boston de Fontainebleau, 174 Bottle Pool, 649 Bouillotte, 254 Bowling Alley Laws, 662 Brag, _poker_, 250 Brelan, 254 Bridge, xxv, 28 Bridge Laws, 41 Bridge Tactics, 28 Doubling, 32 Illustrative Hand, 34 Making the Trump, 28, 31 Opening Leads, 33 Text Books, 59 Bridge, Varieties of, 35 Auction Bridge, xxv Bridge for Three, 36 Bridge for Two, 36 Double Dummy Bridge, 39 Draw Bridge, 40 Duplicate Auction, 35 Duplicate Bridge, 38 King’s Bridge, 40 Misery Bridge, 37 Pivot Bridge, 37 Progressive Bridge, 38 Reversi Bridge, 40 Short Bridge, 40 Six-hand Bridge, 39 Three-hand Auction, 35 Calabrasella, 489 California Jack, 330 Call-ace Euchre, 287 Canfield, 693 Cartomancie, 513 Cassino, 478 Spade Cassino, 485 21 Point Cassino, 484 Royal Cassino, 485 Draw Cassino, 485 Catch the Ten, 159 Cayenne, 138 Centennial, _dice_, 618 Chance, and its Laws, 651 Concurrent Events, 654 Conflicting Events, 654 Dice Probabilities, 655 Distribution of Suits, 656 Distribution of Trumps, 656 Doubling up Bets, 657 Luck, 651 Martingales, 657 Maturity of the Chances, 652 Playing Progression, 658 Poker Probabilities, 655 Successive Event, 652 Whist Probabilities, 656 Checkers, 577 The Openings, 580 The Four Positions, 582 Theory of the Move, 584 Illustrative Games, 586 Devil and Tailors, 587 Checker Laws, 588 Losing Game, 587 Polish Draughts, 587 Chemin de fer, 526 Chess, 546 The Openings, 557 The Endings, 567 Games at Odds, 565 Knights’ Tour, 570 American Laws, 571 Chicago Pool, 633 Chinese Bézique, 394 Chinese Fan Tan, 528 Chinese Whist, 184 Chouette Bézique, 394 Chuck Luck, 540 Cinch, 334 Auction Cinch, 340 Blind Cinch, 340 Progressive Cinch, 340 Sixty-three, 340 Widow Cinch, 341 Illustrative Hands, 342 Cinch Laws, 344 Razzle-Dazzle, 340 Cinq-Cents, 383 Colour-ball Pool, 639 Commerce, 252 Commercial Pitch, 330 Commit, 503 Compass Whist, 113 Continuous Pool, 632 Conquian, 486 Cow-boy Pool, 634 Cushion Carroms, 626 Craps, _dice_, 614 Cribbage, 442 Five-card Cribbage, 460 Six-card Cribbage, 444 Seven-card Cribbage, 462 Solitaire Cribbage, 700 Three-hand Cribbage, 461 Four-hand Cribbage, 461 Cut-throat Euchre, 277 Dice Games, 611 Ace in the Pot, 617 Base-Ball, 616 Centennial, 618 Chuck-Luck, 540 Crap Shooting, 614 Going to Boston, 617 Help Your Neighbour, 619 Law of Chances, 613 Multiplication, 618 Passe Dix, 619 Poker Dice, 615 Probabilities, 655 Raffles, 613 Round the Spot, 618 Sweat, 540 Ten Pins, 616 Throwing Dice, 612 Under and Over Seven, 543 Vingt-et-un, 618 Discard Hearts, 356 Distribution of Suits, Whist, 657 Distribution of Trumps, Whist, 657 Division Loo, 319 Doctrine of Chances, 651 Domino Hearts, 357 Dominoes, 605 All Fives, 609 All Threes, 610 Bergen Game, 609 Block Game, 606 Draw Game, 608 Domino Pool, 609 Matadore, 608 Muggins, 609 Sebastopol, 609 Dom Pedro, 334 Double Dummy Bridge, 39 Double Dummy Whist, 130 Double Pedro, 334 Doubling-up Bets, 657 Draughts, 577 Draw Bridge, 47 Draw Cassino, 485 Draw Game, _dominoes_, 608 Draw Poker, 208 Drive Whist, 687 Dummy, 127 Duplicate Bridge, 45 Duplicate Whist, 100 Apparatus Necessary, 102 Club against Club, 103 Compass Whist, 113 Foster’s Pair System, 115 Gilman’s Team System, 109 Howell Pair System, 114 Individual against Individual, 114 Laws of Duplicate Whist, 119 Married Couples System, 118 Memory Duplicate, 110 Pair against Pair, 110 Safford’s Systems, 116 Team against Team, 105 Dutch Bank, 527 Earl of Coventry, 502 Ecarté, 293 Jeu de règle, 299 Pool Ecarté, 306 Enflé, 370 English Billiards, 643 English Billiard Laws, 644 English Following Pool, 639 English Pyramid Pool, 632 English Whist Laws, 196 Euchre Family of Games, 263 Euchre, 264 Auction Euchre, 279 Bid Euchre, or 500, 287 Blind Euchre, 278 Call-ace Euchre, 287 Cut-Throat, 277 Five-handed, 286 French Euchre, 279 Jambone, 283 Jamboree, 283 Laps, 283 Laws of Euchre, 288 Military Euchre, 281 Penalty Euchre, 279 Progressive Euchre, 280 Railroad Euchre, 282 Set-Back Euchre, 278 Seven-handed Euchre, 284 Slams, 283 Fan Tan, 528 Fan Tan with Cards, 509 Farmer, or Ferme, 520 Faro, 529 Favourite Whist, 99 Fifteen-ball Pool, 629 Five-card Cribbage, 460 Five-card Loo, 323 Five-handed Euchre, 286 Five Hundred, 287 Five and Ten, 316 Five or Nine, 509 Flat Poker, 229 Following Pool, 639 Fortune Telling, 513 Forty-five, 316 Forty-one Pool, 633 Four-ball Billiards, 626 Four-handed Cribbage, 461 ” ” Bézique, 382 ” ” Binocle, 407 ” ” Sixty-six, 413 Four Jacks, 369 Freeze-out, _poker_, 228 French Boston, 179 French Carrom Game, 624 French Dummy, 133 French Euchre, 279 French Games:-- Ambigu, 259 Baccara, 521 Bouillotte, 254 Cinq-Cents, 383 Ferme, 520 Humbug Whist, 132 Impérial, 476 Macao, 520 Mort, 133 Nain Jaune, 505 Rouge et Noir, 534 Roulette, 536 Trente et Quarante, 534 Vingt-et-un, 517 Frog, 441 Gaigel, 406 General Laws, Card Games, 671 German Games:-- Binocle, 395 Kreutz Mariage, 413 Schwellen, 370 Sixty-six, 408 Skat, 415 Solo, 493 Go-bang, 604 Going to Boston, _dice_, 617 Halma, 604 Hazard, _dice_, 540, 614 Hearts:--, 349 Auction Hearts, 354 Black Jack, 356 Black Lady, 356 Discard Hearts, 356 Domino Hearts, 357 Heartsette, 357 Howell’s Hearts, 352 Illustrative Hands, 366 Joker Hearts, 355 Laws of Hearts, 371 Progressive Hearts, 356 Spot Hearts, 355 Sweepstake Hearts, 352 Three-handed Hearts, 354 Two-handed, 354 Heart Solo, 498 Heartsette, 357 Help Your Neighbour, _dice_, 619 High Five, 334 High-low-jack, 325 ” ” ” Pool, 633 Howell Pairs, Whist, 114 Howell’s Hearts, 352 Humbug Whist, 132 I Doubt It, 695 Impérial, 476 Irish Loo, 323 Jack Pots, _poker_, 223 Jambone, _euchre_, 283 Jamboree, _euchre_, 283 Jass, 696 Two-hand Jass, 697 Jeu de Règle, _écarté_, 299 Jink Game, _spoil five_, 315 Joker Hearts, 355 Keno, or Lotto, 539 King’s Bridge, 40 Klondike, 512 Kreutz Mariage, 413 Lansquenet, 543 Laps, _euchre_, 283 Law of Chances, 651 Laws of all Games, 671 Laws, Official Codes for:-- Backgammon, 601 Billiards, American, 627 Billiards, English, 644 Bowling, or Ten Pins, 662 Bridge, 41 Chess, 571 Checkers, 588 Cinch, 344 Euchre, 288 Hearts, 371 Poker, 238 Skat, 435 Ten Pins, or Bowling, 662 Whist, American, 186 Whist, Duplicate, 119 Whist, English, 196 Laws of Probabilities, 651 Lift Smoke, 502 Little Corporal, 648 Loo, or Division Loo, 319 Five-card Loo, 323 Irish Loo, 323 Losing Game, _draughts_, 587 Lotto, 539 Luck, 651 Macao, 520 Man-of-war Billiards, 644 Martingales, 657 Matadore, _dominoes_, 608 Matrimony, 504 Maturity of the Chances, 652 Memory Duplicate, 110 Military Euchre, 281 Misery Bridge, 37 Mistigris, _poker_, 216 Monte Bank, 542 Monte Carlo Betting Limit, 658 Morelles, 604 Mort, 133 Muggins, _dominoes_, 609 Multiplication, _dice_, 618 My Bird Sings, 253 My Ship Sails, 253 Nain Jaune, 505 Napoleon, 307 National Games:--, 414 America, Cassino, 478 England, Cribbage, 442 Germany, Skat, 415 France, Piquet, 463 Italy, Calabrasella, 489 Mexico, Conquian, 486 Newmarket, 507 Nine Men’s Morris, 604 Norwegian Whist, 688 Odd Games, 497 Old Maid, 501 Old Sledge, 325 Patience Games, 510 Patience Poker, 698 Pedro, 333 Peep Nap, 312 Penalty Euchre, 279 Penchant, 384 Pinochle, 395 Pin Pool, 632 Piquet, 463 Piquet Normand, 473 Piquet Voleur, 473 Piquet a Ecrire, 474 Rubicon Piquet, 475 Pitch, 325 Pivot Bridge, 37 Playing Progression, 658 Pochen, 508 Poker Family of Games, 207 Poker, 207 Bluff, 245 Bluffing, 237 Cheating, 229 Draw Poker, 208 Eccentric Hands, 215 Flat Poker, 229 Freeze Out, 228 Going In, 232 Good Play, 231 How to Win, 236 Jack Pots, 223 Joker Poker, 216 Mistigris, 216 Odds against Hands, 216 Patience Poker, 698 Poker Gin, 692 Poker Rum, 691 Poker Laws, 238 Probabilities, 217, 233, 655 Progressive Poker, 248 Rank of Hands, 213 Schnautz, 248 Show-down Poker, 229 Straight Poker, 245 Stud Poker, 246 Table Stakes, 227 Text-books, 262 Thirty-one, 248 Whiskey Poker, 247 Poker Dice, 615 Polignac, 369 Polish Bézique, 382 Polish Draughts, 587 Pool Games:-- Amer. Pyramid Pool, 631 Black Pool, English, 642 Bottle Pool, 649 Chicago Pool, 633 Colour-ball Pool, 639 Continuous Pool, 632 Cow-boy Pool, 634 English Pyramid Pool, 632 Eng. Following Pool, 639 Fifteen-ball Pool, 629 Following Pool, 639 Forty-one Pool, 633 High-low-jack Pool, 633 Little Corporal, 648 Pin Pool, 647 Shell Out, 632 Spanish Pool, 649 Pool with Dominoes, 609 Pool Ecarté, 306 Pope Joan, 505 Preference, 496 Probabilities, 651 Progressive Bridge, 38 Progressive Cinch, 340 Progressive Euchre, 280 Progressive Hearts, 356 Progressive Poker, 248 Progressive Whist, 119 Prussian Whist, 98 Purchase Nap, 311 Pyramid Pool, 631 Quatre Valets, 369 Quinze, 521 Raffles, _dice_, 613 Railroad Euchre, 282 Rams, 317 Ranter Go Round, 508 Razzle-Dazzle, 340 Reversi, 603 Reversi Bridge, 40 Rondeau, 541 Rouge et Noir, 534 Roulette, 536 Rounce, 319 Round the Spot, _dice_, 618 Royal Cassino, 485 Rubicon Bézique, 386 Rubicon Piquet, 475 Rum, 689 Double-pack Rum, 692 Single-pack Rum, 689 Poker Gin, 692 Poker Rum, 691 Russian Backgammon, 602 Russian Boston, 183 Sancho Pedro, 333 Saratoga, 507 Scat, see Skat, 415 Schnautz, 248 Schwellen, 370 Scotch Whist, 159 Sebastopol, _dominoes_, 609 Sell Out, 330 Set-back Euchre, 278 Seven-handed Euchre, 284 Seven-card Cribbage, 462 Seven-up, 325 Shasta Sam, 330 Shell-out Pool, 632 Shooting Craps, 614 Short Bridge, 47 Show-down Poker, 229 Shuffle Board, 619 Six-card Cribbage, 444 Six-hand Bridge, 39 Sixty-four Card Binocle, 375 Sixty-three, _cinch_, 340 Sixty-six, 408 Four-handed, 413 Kreutz Mariage, 413 Three-handed, 413 Skat, 415, 434 Game Values, 421 Scoring, 427 Illustrative Hands, 432 Skat Laws, 435 Slams, _euchre_, 283 Slobberhannes, 368 Smudge, 333 Snip-snap-snorem, 502 Snooker Pool, 649 Snoozer, 334 Solitaires, 510, 693, 698, 700 Solo, 498 Three-handed Solo, 499 Solo Whist, 144 Spade Cassino, 485 Spanish Monte, 542 Spanish Pool, 649 Speculation, 501 Spin, 507 Spoil Five, 312 Spot Hearts, 355 Stops, 507 Straight Poker, 245 Stud Poker, 246 Sweat, _dice_, 540 Sweepstake Hearts, 352 Table Games, 544 Table Stakes, _poker_, 227 Technical Terms, 674 Telling Fortunes, 513 Ten Pins, or Bowling, 660 American Ten Pins, 662 Battle Game, 665 Cocked Hat, 664 Cocked Hat & Feather, 665 “Don’ts” for Players, 669 Duck Pin Game, 669 Five Back, 668 Four Back, 667 Head Pin; four back, 666 Head Pin Out, 667 Kinsley Candle Pin, 669 Newport Game, 668 Nine Up and Nine Down, 666 Ten Pins with Dice, 616 Three-card Monte, 542 Thirty-one, _poker_, 248 Three-cushion Carroms, 626 Three-handed Auction, 35 ” ” Bézique, 382 ” ” Bridge, 36 ” ” Cribbage, 461 ” ” Hearts, 354 ” ” Binocle, 405 ” ” Sixty-six, 413 Throwing Dice, 612 Trente et Quarante, 534 Tric-trac, 590 Twenty-one Point Cassino, 484 Two-handed Bridge, 36 ” ” Hearts, 354 Under and over Seven, 543 Varieties of Bridge, 42 Vingt-et-un, 517 Vingt-et-un with Dice, 518 Vint, 493 Whiskey Poker, 247 Whist Family of Games, xvii Whist, 60 American Laws, 186 Auction Bridge, xxv Bridge, xxv, 28 Bid Whist, 687 Cayenne Whist, 138 Chinese Whist, 184 Double Dummy, 130 Dummy, 127 Dummy Laws, 206 Drive Whist, 687 Duplicate Whist, 100 English Laws, 196 Favourite Whist, 99 French Whist, 164 German Whist, 183 Humbug Whist, 131 Memory Duplicate, 110 Mort, 133 Norwegian Whist, 688 Probabilities, 656 Progressive Whist, 119 Prussian Whist, 98 Scotch Whist, 159 Solo Whist, 144 Text Books, 99 Thirteen and the Odd, 132 Whist Family Laws, 186 Whist Tactics, 70 Albany Lead, 86 American Game, 94 American Laws, 186 American Leads, 88 Conventional Plays, 70 Deschapelles Coups, 91 Discarding, 80 Discard Signals, 90 Echo in Plain Suits, 90 Echo in Trumps, 86 Eleven Rule, 79 False Cards, 92 Finessing, 92 Forcing, 80 Four-signal, 86 Fourth-hand Play, 84 General Directions, 60 General Principles, 68 High-card Leads, 72 How to Study, 70 Illustrative Hands, 97 Inferences, 93 Inviting a Ruff, 88 Leader’s Partner, 78 Leading Plain Suits, 72 Leading Short Suits, 91 Leading Trumps, 71 Low Card Leads, 74 Low’s Signal, 90 Methods of Cheating, 67 Method of Playing, 61 Minneapolis Lead, 89 Partner’s Duties, 78 Placing the Lead, 92 Plain-suit Echo, 90 Playing to the Score, 92 Returning Partner’s Suits, 80 Scoring, 64 Second-hand Play, 81 Short-suit Game, 91-94 Short-suit Leads, 74-61 Signal Game, 85 Stacking Tricks, 63 Suggestions for Good Play, 67 Tenace Positions, 91 Third Hand Play, 78 Trump Signals, 85 Unblocking, 90 Underplay, 91 Using the Markers, 66 Works on Whist, 99 Widow Binocle, 408 Widow Cinch, 341 Yerlash, _see_ Vint, 493 INTRODUCTION. The word “Hoyle” has gradually come to stand as an abbreviation for an “Encyclopedia of Indoor Games.” The common expression, “played according to Hoyle,” usually means “correctly played,” or “played according to the standard authorities.” The original Edmund Hoyle wrote on very few games, but his work was the first attempt to put together the rules for the most popular indoor games in one volume. Although Hoyle died more than a hundred years ago, his work has been constantly added to as new games came into vogue, which has led many to believe that he is the authority for games that he never heard of, such as pinochle and poker. Persons who have never given the subject much attention may be surprised to learn how little authority there is for the rules governing the majority of our popular games. If we except the table games, such as chess, checkers, billiards, backgammon and ten pins, and such card games as whist, bridge, auction, and skat, all of which are regulated by well-defined codes of laws, agreed upon by associations of prominent clubs, to govern championship contests, etc., we have very few games left which are not played in different ways in various localities.
Where s the heath? The fire burnt it. [The rest is the same as in the last version, p. 393.] --Dorsetshire (_Folk-lore Journal_, vii. 221-222). VI. Mother, mother, may I (or we) go out to play? No, child! no, child! not for the day. Why, mother? why, mother? I won t stay long. Make three pretty courtesies, and away begone. One for mammy, one for daddy, one for Uncle John.
When there is a choice of several ways of making a shot, the balls being wide apart, it will usually be found that one of them will bring the balls into better position than the others, and for that reason it is called a _=gathering shot=_. The expert tries to get the balls on the rail by a series of these gathering shots, and if any of the three positions shown in the diagram can be arrived at, a large run may be made by the _=rail nurse=_. When the balls are not left in one of these positions they are said to _=break=_, but there are several positions in which they may be recovered by a kiss or a massé shot. In No. 4, the player must be careful to come back on the proper side of the carrom ball, so as to get back to position 2, if possible. [Illustration] [Illustration] [Illustration] When the player reaches the corner, there are three principal positions for accomplishing the turn. In the first shown, the spot white must be touched very lightly on the left side, the cue ball going to the cushion with a strong English on the right side. In the second position, the red ball is barely touched. The third position is a light force shot but would be a half follow if the spot white were further out. BAULK-LINE BILLIARDS.
The eldest hand lays upon the table any card he pleases, and each player in turn pairs or matches it, if he can, with another of the same denomination, accompanying the action with a rhyme. Suppose the first card played is a King; the person playing it would say: “There’s as good as King can be.” The first player to lay down another King would say: “There is one as good as he.” The player holding the third King would say: “There’s the best of all the three,” and the holder of the fourth would then triumphantly exclaim: “And there’s the Earl of Coventry.” The fortunate holder of the Earl of Coventry in each round has the privilege of leading a card for the next trick, and the first player to get rid of all his cards wins one counter from the others for every card they hold. The words, “Snip, Snap, Snorem,” may be substituted for the foregoing rhymes if time is short. _=Jig=_ is a variation of Earl of Coventry in which the next higher in sequence and suit must be played, if the player has it, until four cards are shown. The one who lays down the last of the sequence of four cards starts a fresh sequence, and the winner is the one who can first get rid of all the cards originally dealt him. All the others then pay him a counter for each card they have left. COMMIT.
, to revoke. Vivant, F., Dummy’s partner. Vole, F., winning all the tricks, a slam. Vorhand, G., the eldest hand, at Skat. Vorwerfen, G., to play out of turn. Weak Trumps, not enough to justify a player in passing a doubtful trick.
This is called playing _=down and out=_. Suppose third hand holds 7 and 2 only, and the lead is a King. The 7 is played. The leader goes on with the Ace, denying the Queen, and the third hand plays the deuce. If the Queen is not in the Dummy, the declarer must have it. In any case, the leader knows that if he goes on, his partner, the third hand, can trump that suit. With three cards, the lowest falling to the first round, followed by a higher card, will show the leader that the third hand still has another of that suit. It is not necessary to play down and out with an honour, because the leader can read the situation without it. Suppose third hand holds the J 5. He plays the 5 to the first round, because one of his two cards is an honour.
(5) The penalty for a declaration out of turn is that each of the other players receives 50 points in his honour score. A declaration out of turn does not affect the right of the player whose turn it is to declare, unless both he and the other player, either by passing or declaring, accept the improper declaration. (6) If a player declare out of turn, and the succeeding player either pass or declare, the third player may demand that the mistake be corrected as is provided in Law 5. In such case the player who first declared out of turn is the only one penalized. (7) The player making the final declaration, _i.e._, a declaration that has been passed by both of the others, plays his own hand and that of the dummy against the two others, who then, and for that particular hand, assume the relationship of partners. (8) It is advisable that the game be played at a round table so that the hand of the dummy can be placed in front of the declarer without obliging any player to move; but, in the event of a square table being used, the two players who become the adversaries of the declarer should sit opposite each other, the dummy being opposite the declarer. At the end of the play the original positions should be resumed. (9) If, after the deal has been completed and before the conclusion of the declaration, any player expose a card, each of his adversaries counts 50 points in his honour score, and the declarer, if he be not the offender, may call upon the player on his left to lead or not to lead the suit of the exposed card.
518-19). VI. London Bridge is broken down, Broken down, broken down, London Bridge is broken down, My fair lady. Build it up with iron bars, Iron bars, iron bars, Build it up with iron bars, My fair lady. [Then follow verses with the same refrain, beginning with--] Build it up with pins and needles. Pins and needles rust and bend. Build it up with penny loaves. Penny loaves will tumble down. Here s a prisoner I have got. What s the prisoner done to you? Stole my watch and broke my chain.
|Asks boy to taste. | |11.|Fixing of wedding day.|Fixing of wedding day.|Fixing of wedding day.| |12.|Wife in carriage, |Wife with domestic |Bride with rings on | | |husband in cart. |utensils. |fingers and bells on | | | | |toes. | |13.
Some games are especially selfish; Boston, for instance, in which the four players originally forming the table may monopolise the game for the entire evening, without offering newcomers any chance to cut in. All such games should be limited to a certain number of tournées, at the conclusion of which fresh candidates should be allowed to cut into the table. Technical Terms. G. stands for German; F. for French. Abnehmen or Abheben, G., to cut. Abwerfen, G., to discard.
] [Illustration: _=Fourth Position.=_ Black to play and win. White to play and draw. WHITE. +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | ⛁ | | ⛁ | | ⛀ | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | ⛃ | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | ⛃ | | ⛃ | | ⛂ | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ BLACK. ] The first position is one of the most common endings on the checker board, and should be very thoroughly understood. The letters in the margin refer to the variations. There are a great many minor variations, for which the student must be referred to Janvier’s Anderson, page 265. _=First Position.=_ 27-32 8 11 32-27 11 7 27-23 7 10 22-26 A 10 6 26-31 6 9 31-26 9 6 26-22 6 10 23-18 10 6 18-14 6 1 22-18 1 6 18-15 6 1 15-10 1 5 10- 6 5 1 14-13 1 5 6- 1 5 9 1- 5 9 13 10-14 13 9 14-18 9 6 18-15 30 25 15-18 6 10 5- 1 25 21 1- 5 10 6 18-15 21 17 5- 1 6 9 15-18 17 13 18-15 9 14 1- 5 14 17 15-10 17 22 10-14 22 25 5- 1 25 22 1- 6 22 25 6-10 25 22 10-15 22 25 15-18 25 21 B wins ------ Var A.
| | 8.|[See below.] | -- | -- | | 9.|Give your hand to me. |Give your hand to me. |Take one, take the | | | | |fairest you can see. | | 10.| -- | -- |Pretty [ ] come to | | | | |me. | | 11.| -- | -- | -- | | 12.
Where s the water? The ox has drunk it. Where s the ox? The butcher has killed it. Where s the butcher? The rope has hanged him. Where s the rope? The rat has gnawed it. Where s the rat? The cat has killed it. Where s the cat? Behind the door, cracking pebble-stones and marrow-bones for yours and my supper, and the one who speaks first shall have a box on the ear. --Halliwell s _Nursery Rhymes_, p. 222. The children are seated, and the questions are put by one of the party who holds a twisted handkerchief or something of the sort in the hand. The handkerchief was called hewley puley, and the questions are asked by the child who holds it.
The Staigie locks his fingers into each other. He then repeats the words-- Hunt the Staigie, Huntie, untie, staige, Ailleman, ailleman, aigie, and rushes off with his hands locked, and tries to touch one of the players. He must not unlock his hands till he has caught one. When he has captured one, the two join hands and hunt for another. When another is caught, he joins the two. This goes on till all are hunted down.--Keith (Rev. W. Gregor). [Illustration] See Chickidy Hand, Whiddy.
There camed a lady from other land, With all her children in her hand-- Please, do you want a sarvant, marm? Leave her. I leaves my daughter zafe and zound, And in her pocket a thousan pound, And on her finger a goulden ring, And in her busum a silver pin. I hopes when I return, To see her here with you. Don t e let her ramble; don t e let her trot; Don t e let her car the mustard pot. The Mistress says softly-- She shall ramble, she shall trot, She shall carry the mustard pot. --_Dorset County Chronicle_, April 1889; _Folk-lore Journal_, vii. 228. III. Here comes an old woman from Baby-land, With all her children in her hand. Pray take one of my children in.
If before that, it is a misdeal. _=Pools.=_ Vingt-et-un is sometimes played with a pool. Each player contributes one counter at the start, and the pool is afterward fed by penalties. Every player who is créve puts in a counter; all ties with the dealer pay one, and the dealer pays one for any irregularity in dealing. The pool may be kept to pay for refreshments, like the kitty in Poker, or it may be won by the first natural shown, as may be agreed. _=Probabilities.=_ The only point in the game is for a player to know what hands to stand on, and what to draw to. The dealer is guided by the cards dealt to other players, and by what they ask for. The other players should stand on 17, but draw on 16.
He who can play three in a straight line may then take off any one of his adversary s, where he pleases, till one, having lost all his men, loses the game (Alchorne). The following is the account of this game given by Mr. Douce in the _Illustrations of Shakespeare and of Ancient Manners_, 1807, i. 184:-- This game was sometimes called the _nine mens merrils_ from _merelles_, or _mereaux_, an ancient French word for the jettons, or counters, with which it was played. The other term, _morris_, is probably a corruption suggested by the sort of dance which, in the progress of the game, the counters performed. In the French _merelles_ each party had three counters only, which were to be placed in a line in order to win the game. It appears to have been the _tremerel_ mentioned in an old fabliau. See _Le Grand_, _Fabliaux et Contes_, ii. 208. Dr.
(See Two-hand Jass.) _=CUTTING.=_ The first deal is cut for, high wins. The cards rank as in plain suit, and ties cut again, to decide the tie. _=DEALING.=_ When the pack is cut, at least four cards must be left in each packet. (In Switzerland they cut to the left and deal to the right; but in America this is not necessary.) The cards are dealt three at a time for three rounds, so that each player receives nine cards. When four play, the last card must be turned up for the trump. When three play, the twenty-eighth card is the trump.
=_ The smaller club should put into the field as many multiples of four as it can; the larger club presenting an equal number to play against them. The opposing sides are then so arranged that half the members of each club sit North and South, the other half East and West. If we distinguish the clubs by the marks O and X, and suppose 16 to be engaged on each side, they would be arranged at 8 tables, thus:-- O | O | O | O X 1 X | X 3 X | X 5 X | X 7 X O | O | O | O | | | 1st set | 2nd set | 3rd set | 4th set | | | X | X | X | X O 2 O | O 4 O | O 6 O | O 8 O X | X | X | X If apparatus is used, the players may sit still for four hands, putting the trays aside, and then exchanging them for the four trays played at the other table in their set. If not, the cards are left on the table, as already described, and the fours change places; those at table No. 1 going to table No. 2, while those at No. 2 go to No. 1, the other sets changing in the same manner. This brings them into this position:-- X | X | X | X O 1 O | O 3 O | O 5 O | O 7 O X | X | X | X | | | O | O | O | O X 2 X | X 4 X | X 6 X | X 8 X O | O | O | O The two O’s that have just played the N & S hands at table No. 1, proceed to play at table No.
If no one can get a flush worth thirty-one, three of a kind wins the pool. If no one has three of a kind, the highest pip value shown in one suit wins. Drawing is kept up until some player knocks, after which only one more draw is allowed, the knocker not being allowed to draw again. A player can knock without drawing at all if he wishes to prevent the others from beating his original hand. PROGRESSIVE POKER. There are several ways to play Progressive Poker, but the description of one will suffice. The simplest method of arranging the players is to take two packs of cards, one red and one blue, and to select two aces from each for the four positions at the head table; three deuces, treys, etc., for the six positions at each of the other tables until the last or booby table is reached, at which there must be only four players at starting. If there are not enough players to make exactly six at each of the intermediate tables, the numbers may be varied from four to seven, cards being selected to agree with the number required; but the head and booby tables must start with four only. The cards thus selected are then thoroughly shuffled, and presented face downward to the ladies to draw from.
(Miss E. Smith). The Staffordshire version of the words is sung in Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire (Miss Matthews), West Cornwall (_Folk-lore Journal_, v. 58), Earls Heaton, Yorkshire (H. Hardy), Hexham, Northumberland (Miss Barker), Leicester (Miss Ellis). Miss Peacock says, A version is known in Lincolnshire. Tunes have also been sent from Tean, North Staffs. (Miss Keary), and Epworth, Doncaster (Mr. C. C.
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