Toone (_Etymological Dictionary_) describes it as a game played on the green sward, holes being cut thereon, into which stones were placed by the players. Stead s _Holderness Glossary_ calls it Merrils, and describes it as a game played on a square board with eighteen pegs, nine on each side, called in many parts Nine Men s Morrice. See also _Sussex Arch. Collections_, xxv. 234, and a paper by Mr. J. T. Micklethwaite (_Arch. Journ._, xlix.
--Forby s _Vocabulary_. A rural game, says Nares, played by making nine holes in the ground, in the angles and sides of a square, and placing stones and other things upon, according to certain rules. Moor (_Suffolk Words and Phrases_) says: This is, I believe, accurate as far as it goes, of our Suffolk game. A hole in the middle is necessary. In Norfolk, Holloway (_Dict. Prov._) says that nine round holes are made in the ground, and a ball aimed at them from a certain distance. A second game is played with a board having nine holes, through one of which the ball must pass. Nares quotes several authors to show the antiquity of the game. He shows that the Nine Men s Morris of our ancestors was but another name for Nine Holes.
Here s my black [raising one foot], And here s my blue [raising the other], Open the gates and let me through. --Annaverna, Ravendale, co. Louth, Ireland (Miss R. Stephen). VI. How many miles to Barney Bridge? Three score and ten. Will I be there by candle-light? Yes, if your legs are long. A curtsey to you, another to you, If you please will you let the king s horses go through? Yes, but take care of your hindmost man. --Belfast (W. H.
the win will depend on the move. If it is White’s move he can win by advancing the King; but if it is Black’s move he can draw by keeping his King always opposite the white King. If the Pawn advances, he will get in front of it, and if the King is afterward advanced, he will get in front of it; winning the Pawn or securing a stale-mate. _=THE KNIGHT’S TOUR.=_ Owing to the peculiarity of the Knight’s move, many persons have amused themselves in trying to cover the entire chess board with a Knight, touching the same square once only, and returning to the starting-point again. There are several ways of doing this, one of the simplest being the following:-- [Illustration: +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ |14|29|34|55|12|27|24|49| +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ |35|56|13|28|33|50|11|26| +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ |30|15|54|51|58|25|48|23| +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ |41|36|57|32|61|52|63|10| +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ |16|31|40|53|64|59|22|47| +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ |37|42| 1|60|19|62| 9| 6| +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ | 2|17|44|39| 4| 7|46|21| +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ |43|38| 3|18|45|20| 5| 8| +--+--+--+--+--+--+--+--+ ] _=TEXT BOOKS.=_ 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.
Abwerfen, G., to discard. À cheval, across the line; betting on both sides at once. Adversary, (G., Feind). In Mort or Bridge, those who play against the Dummy and his partner. Affranchir, F., to establish a suit. Age, the eldest hand; sometimes erroneously spelt Edge. Albany Lead, a lead in Whist, to show four trumps and three of each plain suit.
When going to school, the children walk two by two in an orderly manner; when coming home from school, jumping and running is the style adopted; lacing stays, the hands are put behind and moved first one and then the other, as if lacing; this is the way the ladies walk, holding up skirts and walking primly; gentlemen walk, walking with long strides and sticks. The dressing process and cleaning boots preceded school. (_c_) This game is well known, and played in almost all parts of England. It is always played in the same way. There is so little variety in the different versions that it appears unnecessary to give more than one here. In the many versions sent the only variants are: In Sporle, Norfolk, Miss Matthews says the game is sometimes called _Ivy_ Bush, or _Ivory_ Bush; and Mr. C. C. Bell, of Epworth, sends a version, Here we go round the Mulberry _Tree_ In Notts it is called Holly Bush (Miss Winfield). A version given in the _Folk-lore Record_, iv.