The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 14
ly for some absurd or impos-sible thing, such as a stick withonly one end, a crooked straightedge, etc. This trick was generallypracticed on some young apprentice,and he was sent in search of the ob-ject from one place to another till hewas tired. Sometimes he was sentto a shoemaker for some strap…
Games · Sports · Card games
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