) Drawing of water from a well. (2.) For a devotee at the well. (3.) Collecting flowers for dressing the well. (4.) Making of a cake for presentation. (5.) Gifts to the well [the silver pin, gold ring, and probably the garter]. (6.
Two are chosen, the one to be Namer, and the other Guesser or Witch. The rest of the players range themselves in a row. The Guesser retires out of sight or to a distance. The Namer then gives each player a secret name. When names have been given to all the players, the Namer calls on the Guesser to come, by saying-- Witchie, witchie, yer bannocks are burnin , An ready for turnin . Whereupon he approaches, and the Namer says-- Come, chois me out, come, chois me in, to ---- (naming one by the assumed name). The players all shout, Tack me, tack me, repeatedly. The Witch points to one. If the guess is correct the player goes to the Witch s side, but if it is incorrect he goes to the Namer s side. This goes on till all the players are ranged on the one side or the other.
The dealer, E, says: “I pass for a jack.” A then puts up three counters, one of which is added to his blind, the other two paying D’s ante in the ensuing jack. D takes down his two counters, and the cards are redealt. This cannot be done if more than one player has anted, nor if the ante has been raised or the blind straddled. In the example just given, had D raised the ante to five counters and E passed, the age would have had to put up four more white counters and draw cards, or allow D to win his blind. _=Progressive Jacks.=_ In some localities it is the custom to make the pair necessary to open a jack pot progress in value; Jacks or better to open the first round; Queens the next; then Kings; then Aces; and then back to Kings, Queens, and Jacks again. This is very confusing, and is not popular. _=Fattening Jacks.=_ When the original ante is two counters only, and no one holds Jacks or better on the first deal, each player must contribute another white counter to “fatten,” and the cards are dealt again.
Strength in Trumps, enough to justify a player in passing a doubtful trick; usually four or five at least. Strengthening Cards, those which are of no practical trick-taking value to the leader, but which may be useful to the partner; usually restricted to Q J 10 9. String Bets, those that take all the odd or all the even cards to play one way, win or lose, at Faro. Strippers, cards trimmed so that certain ones may be pulled out of the pack at will. Strohman, G., the dummy at Whist or Bridge. Strong Suits, those in which a number of tricks can be made after the adverse trumps are out of the way. Sub Echo, a trump signal in a plain suit, made after partner has led trumps, and the player has not echoed on the trump lead. Sub-sneak, a two-card suit which is led for the sole purpose of getting a ruff on the third round. Sweating Out, winning a game without taking any risks, by waiting for the trifling points that fall to your share.
=_ Among the very large number of works on Chess there is abundant room for choice, but the following works are considered standard authorities on the game:-- Freeborough’s Chess Openings, 1896. Cook’s Synopsis. Minor Tactics of Chess, by Young and Howell. Modern Chess Instructor, by W. Steinitz. Common Sense in Chess, by E. Lasker. Walker’s Treatise on Chess, 1841. Handbuch des Schachspiels. Lehrbuch des Schachspiels, by J.
Epaulements for guns may be constructed at the rate of six men to one epaulement in four moves.* [* Notice to be given to umpire of commencement of any work or the placing of a mine. In event of no umpire being available, a folded note must be put on the mantelpiece when entrenchment is commenced, and opponent asked to open it when the trench is completed or the mine exploded.] Rules as to Cavalry Charging: No body of less than eight cavalry may charge, and they must charge in proper formation. If cavalry charges infantry in extended order-- If the charge starts at a distance of more than two feet, the cavalry loses one man for every five infantry-men charged, and the infantry loses one man for each sabre charging. At less than two feet and more than one foot, the cavalry loses one man for every ten charged, and the infantry two men for each sabre charging. At less than one foot, the cavalry loses one man for every fifteen charged, and the infantry three men for each sabre charging. If cavalry charges infantry in close order, the result is reversed. Thus at more than two feet one infantry-man kills three cavalry-men, and fifteen cavalry-men one infantry-man. At more than one foot one infantry-man kills two cavalry, and ten cavalry one infantry.
[Illustration: _=First Position.=_ Black to move and win. WHITE. +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | ⛀ | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | ⛂ | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | ⛂ | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | ⛁ | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ BLACK. ] [Illustration: _=Second Position.=_ Black to move and win. WHITE. +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | | | | | ⛀ | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | ⛀ | | | | | | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | ⛁ | | | | ⛂ | | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | ⛂ | | | | ⛃ | | +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ BLACK. ] [Illustration: _=Third Position.=_ Either to move; White to win.
In furtherance of this view the following passage from Chambers may be quoted:-- In the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, Janet Jo is a dramatic entertainment amongst young rustics. Suppose a party has met in a harvest or winter evening round a good peat fire, and it is resolved to have Janet Jo performed. Two undertake to personate a goodman and a goodwife; the rest a family of marriageable daughters. One of the lads, the best singer of the party, retires, and equips himself in a dress proper for representing an old bachelor in search of a wife. He comes in, bonnet in hand, bowing, and sings-- Guid e en to ye, maidens a , Maidens a , maidens a , Guid e en to ye, maidens a , Be ye or no. I m come to court Janet jo, Janet jo, Janet jo, I m come to court Janet jo, Janet, my jo. Goodwife sings--What ll ye gie for Janet jo, Janet jo, Janet jo? What ll ye gie for Janet jo, Janet, my jo? Wooer--I ll gie ye a peck o siller, A peck o siller, peck o siller, I ll gie ye a peck o siller, For Janet, my jo. Goodwife says--Gae awa , ye auld carle! Then sings--Ye se never get Janet jo, Janet jo, Janet jo, Ye se never get Janet jo, Janet, my jo. The wooer hereupon retires, singing a verse expressive of mortification, but soon re-enters with a reassured air, singing-- I ll gie ye a peck o gowd, A peck o gowd, a peck o gowd, I ll gie ye a peck o gowd, For Janet, my jo. The matron gives him a rebuff as before, and he again retires discomfited, and again enters, singing an offer of twa pecks o gowd, which, however, is also refused.
The player on the dealer’s right cuts the pack, and, in dividing it, must not leave fewer than four cards in either packet; if in cutting, or in replacing one of the two packets on the other, a card be exposed, or if there be any confusion of the cards, or a doubt as to the exact place in which the pack was divided, there must be a fresh cut. 35. When a player, whose duty it is to cut, has once separated the pack, he cannot alter his intention; he can neither reshuffle nor recut the cards. 36. When the pack is cut, should the dealer shuffle the cards, he loses his deal. A NEW DEAL. 37. There must be a new deal-- I. If during a deal, or during the play of a hand, the pack be proved incorrect or imperfect. II.
The expression, I haven t a cot, is sometimes used to signify that a person is without money.--Easther s _Almondbury and Huddersfield Glossary_. See Banger, Buttons. Course o Park The game of Course of the Park has not been described, but is referred to in the following verse:-- Buff s a fine sport, And so s Course o Park. --_The Slighted Maid_, 1663, p. 50. Crab-sowl, Crab-sow A game played with a bung or ball struck with sticks (Brogden s _Provincial Words, Lincolnshire_). This is played on Barnes Common, and is apparently a form of Hockey (A. B. Gomme).