Twenty-third: Hold the point of the blade between the first and secondįingers and, placing the band on the forehead, flip the knife back over the Twenty-first, Twenty-second: the same from each knee. Sixteenth to Twentieth: Repeat, with the right hand up the left hand on the Through the air, so that it will alight with the point of the blade in the sod By a downward motion, throw the knife revolving 287).Įleventh to Fifteenth: Hold the left hand with the fingers pointing up, and,īeginning with the thumb, place the point of the knife on each finger asĭescribed above, and the forefinger of the forefinger of the right hand on It must stick with the point of blade in the earth (Fig. The forefinger, and with downward push send it whirling down to the earth, where Tenth: Place the point of the blade on top of the head. Ninth: Repeat, with the handle at the left eye. The nose and fillip it over through the air, so that it will stick in the groundĮighth: Do the same with the handle at the right eye. Seventh: Still holding the knife in the same manner, bring the handle up to In the air and strikes on its point in the earth (Fig. Right ear with the left hand and fillip the knife so that it turns once or twice 284).įifth: Hold the knife as in the third and fourth positions, and bring the armĪcross the chest so that the knife-handle touches the left ear. The air and strikes the point into the ground (Fig. The right hand, and fillip it with a jerk so that the knife turns once around in Third: Take the point of the blade between the first and second fingers of Second: The next motion is the same as the one just described, but is Ground, it counts as a fair stick or throw. If there is room to slip two fingers, one above the other,īeneath the handle of the knife and if the point of the knife is hidden in the That the knife falls point downward and sticks, or should stick, upright in the The hand is swung to the right, up and over, describing a semicircle, so With blade pointing to the right, resting on top of the closed fingers (Fig.Ģ82). From the penalty that the loser pays comes the name of Mumbly orįirst: Hold the right fist with back to the ground and with the jack-knife, This usually drives the peg out of sight in the sod, and in that case theĪs the defeated player, using only his teeth, literally roots, until, with aĭirty face and a broad grin, he lifts his head, showing the peg between his With his eyes open, and three with his eyes closed. Knife-handle for a hammer, being allowed, by the rules of the game, three blows Perform all of the difficult feats is beaten, and must pull a peg, two inches The second follows in turn, doing the same. ![]() ![]() Peg, mumblety peg, mumble peg, mumble-the-peg, mumbypeg, or mumble de peg].įirst player takes the knife and goes through as much of the game as he can A Summer's day, a shady nook, a close-cropped green sod, two or three boys,Īnd a jack-knife are the things necessary for a quiet game of Mumbly Peg [or
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