_tiddley_

tiddly nMy great-uncle played a game called "tiddley" when he was a young boy. Materials required were two stones, a stick about three feet long and another about one foot. This was played in three stages. At first the short stick was placed on the boulders like this: [Diagram] A member of the first team flicked the short stick some distance with the long stick. The short stick was then placed on the stones again. The opposing team (over) [check] [Reverse] tried to knock, it off the rocks. They had to throw their long stick at the short stick from where the short stick had originally landed. If they succeeded the other team was out and the process started again. If they missed the first team went on to the second stage. The short stick was held in the hand and hit some distance away. It was thrown back by one of the opposing team. The chap by the stones had to keep it away from the stones at least the length of the long stick. Thirdly, the short stick was tidled on one stone like this [Diagram] and hit so that it was sent through the air. The distance from the stone was measured by so many sticks. At the end the team having the greater number of stick measurements won the game. ( * This game was given to me in _writing_. It is a very difficult thing to explain how the sticks were hit.) [check]DEC 15 1970 [check]Used IUsed I1Not usedtiddlywink, PIDDLY, tidley, tiddley, piddley, tiddly stick, tiddley-stick, tidley stick, puss-stick, puss stick, [see 'puss']NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY Reverse at T_13715 (back of this card