The traditional games of England, Scotland, and Ireland : with tunes, singing-rhymes, and methods of playing according to the variants extant and recorded in different parts of the Kingdom (1894)
Gomme, Alice Bertha · London : D. Nutt · leaf 124
98 DODDART— DONCASTER CHERRIES longest — viz., those who are best at enduring pain. Tender hands could not stand it a moment : one dash of a rustic "loof" would make the blood spurt from the tip of ever}' finger. It is a piece of pastime to country lads of the same nature as " Hard Knuckles "… … London. After each child's hands have been withdrawn and replaced on top as many times as possible without deranging the order, a general scramble and knocking of hands together ends the game (A. B. Gomme). Jamieson (Etymological Diet.} gives this as a sport of children. See "Dump," "Green Grass,"…
Games -- Great Britain
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