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Mumblety-peg (also known as mumbley-peg, mumbly-peg, [1] mumblepeg, mumble-the-peg, mumbledepeg, mumble peg or mumble-de-peg) is an old outdoor game played using pocketknives. [2] The term "mumblety-peg" came from the practice of putting a peg of about 2 to 3 in (5 to 8 cm) into the ground. The loser of the game had to take it out with his teeth.
Quoits (/ ˈ k ɔɪ t s / or / ˈ k w ɔɪ t s /) is a traditional game which involves the throwing of metal, rope or rubber rings over a set distance, usually to land over or near a spike (sometimes called a hob, mott or pin). The game of quoits encompasses several distinct variations.
Rock paper scissors - a hand-game of chance, in which each player has three options. Spoof (game) - a game of chance, in which each player has to guess the total number of coins held by all players. Horsengoggle - a hand-game of chance, used to select a single person from a group. Liar's dice - similar game played using dice
A traditional Tock board. Tock (also known as Tuck in some English parts of Quebec and Atlantic Canada, and Pock in some parts of Alberta) is a board game, similar to Ludo, Aggravation or Sorry!, in which players race their four tokens (or marbles) around the game board from start to finish—the objective being to be the first to take all of one's tokens "home".
The origin of the game of pick-up sticks is disputed, [2] but it is believed to have developed from the yarrow stalks used for divination with the Chinese I Ching. [3] The game became popular in the 1800s in Germany, the United Kingdom (where it was played at least as early as 1945 at Windsor Castle), and the United States. [4]
Shove ha'penny (or shove halfpenny), also known in ancestral form as shoffe-grote ['shove-groat' in Modern English], slype groat ['slip groat'], and slide-thrift, [1] is a pub game in the shuffleboard family, played predominantly in the United Kingdom. Two players or teams compete against one another using coins or discs on a tabletop board.
Three men's morris is an abstract strategy game played on a three by three board (counting lines) that is similar to tic-tac-toe. It is also related to six men's morris and nine men's morris . A player wins by forming a mill, that is, three of their own pieces in a row.
This page lists sports and games which have traditionally been played in rural areas. Predominantly they come from the British Isles. Some take the form of annual events in a particular location associated with the tradition. Others have become more widespread, being played in local fairs or festivities in different areas. Some are pub games ...