The boy's own book of indoor games and recreations : a popular encyclopædia for boys (1890)
Stables, Gordon, 1840-1910, Hutchison, George Andrew, 1841-1913 · Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott · leaf 404
NG AND CARVING. )99 Like apple sticks, they require careful seasoning to be serviceable. Blackthornsticks are heavy, and liable to splinter. They are best when cut from saplings.Brier sticks are also best when cut from saplings. Cherry sticks should be strippedof only a part of their bark, and… … anything else than to be looked at. Hazel sticks are light and handsome, and dogood service, no matter whence they are cut. They should be well rubbed downwith sandpaper and carefully varnished. Holly sticks are as good as any. Cutthem from the branch with the crook or knob attached, and let them…
Games · Amusements
Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Rambles in the Pyrenees and the adjacent districts, Gascony, Pays de Foix [and] Roussillon (1912)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-ramblesinpyrene00jack-434-128.webp)
