The boy's own book; a complete encylopedia of all the diversion, athletic, scientific and recreative, of boyhood and youth. (1834)
Clarke, William, 1800-1838, McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) · Boston, Munroe and Francis; New York, C. S. Francis, 1834. · leaf 219
PARADOXES AND PUZZLES. OVO THE CHERRY CHEAT. Cut two longitudinal slips out of a card, asa 6 ed (Fig. 15) also, cut out an oval above these slips, as e. ‘Take the part (f) between the two lon- gitudinal apertures, with your finger and thumb, … stems, and also f, pass ) back through the oval; put your card as much in the original position as possible again, and it will appear as Fig. 2. The puzzle is to get the cherries off without breaking their stems, or damaging the card. It is only to be done in the manner described for putting them…
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