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 763
ranz,Franz, lend me your pipe, whichis supposed once to have been anappeal to a water spirit. Squash Trumpets. From the leaf- stalk of a squash or pumpkin vinethe leaf is cut through the fleshypart so that the hollow stalk willbe closed at that end. A slit aboutan inch long is then made… … Fig. 4.Vegetable Musical Instruments. may be produced by stoppingthese with the fingers; and bycutting them at the right distanceapart—which may be done after afew experiments—a tune can beplayed. (See Fig. 3.) Corn-stalk Fiddle. A piece ofcorn-stalk is cut so that a jointwill be at each end. Part…
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