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   four coming down, then he has five in his hands. He does all this twice.
   "Sweet Milk"
   The player puts down the four stones and keeps one in his hand, pegs up the one in his hand, lifts one, pegs it up, and catches the two coming down. Pegs up one of the two, lifts one, off the ground and pegs it up, and catches the two coming. Then he has three in his hand, pegs up one of the three, lifts one, pegs it up and catches the two coming down. Then he has four in his hand, pegs up one of the four, lifts one pegs it up and catches the two coming down, then he has five in his hand.
   "Lay the egg"
   He puts down the four stones and keeps one in his hand, pegs up the one, lifts one, and catches the one coming down, then he has two in his hand. Pegs up one of the two, lifts one and lets one slip out of his hand, and catches the one coming down. He does that with five stones.
   "Tippins"
   The player puts down four stones, a foot chart, in a square and keeps one in his hands. He pegs up one, draws in one of the stones on

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
         1. entertainments and recreational activities (~5,933)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Henry Hudson

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Rakenny, Co. Cavan