THIS game is known to the natives by the names of ruru, koruru, kai makamaka, ti kai and tutukai. Its range is world-wide, and it was widely practised in the isles of the Pacific in pre-European times; early voyagers speak of the dexterity displayed by natives in playing it. The late Mr. White has a note to the effect that the stones were caught on the back of the hand, as we have seen schoolboys do, but that is only one stage or phase of the game. The game was not confined to children here, adults also indulged in it. Polack writes:— "Several old men were stretched at full length playing with round pebbles the primitive schoolboy game known to vulgar ken as 'up the spout.' Presumable this was our koruru.
The following description of the game was written by Mr. John White. It mentions fifteen pebbles 'as big as a shilling' being used, but a player must have possessed a somewhat large hand to accommodate them all. Five is the usual number employed.
THIS game is known to the natives by the names of ruru, koruru, kai makamaka, ti kai and tutukai. Its range is world-wide, and it was widely practised in the isles of the Pacific in pre-European times; early voyagers speak of the dexterity displayed by natives in playing it. The late Mr. White has a note to the effect that the stones were caught on the back of the hand, as we have seen schoolboys do, but that is only one stage or phase of the game. The game was not confined to children here, adults also indulged in it. Polack writes:— "Several old men were stretched at full length playing with round pebbles the primitive schoolboy game known to vulgar ken as 'up the spout.' Presumable this was our koruru.The following description of the game was written by Mr. John White. It mentions fifteen pebbles 'as big as a shilling' being used, but a player must have possessed a somewhat large hand to accommodate them all. Five is the usual number employed.
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