Farkling/farggling

[Joan Houston Hall]

As I recall, it was so widespread we decided not to enter it in DARE.

At 12:47 AM 7/10/2003 -0500, you wrote:
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>At 7/9/2003 08:25 AM -0700, Peter A. McGraw wrote:
> >I remember playing the game as a kid in So. California, and the order was
> >definitely "rocks, scissors and paper."  The logical pecking order, so to
> >speak.
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>I played the game in No. MN in the '50s and '60s under the name "Paper,
>Stone, and Scissors".
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>With only three items, every order is logical.
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>I could not find the game in DARE under "Paper", "Rock", or
>"Scissors".  Would that be because the variations were judged not to be
>regionally distributed, or because the game was below DARE's radar, or
>because it will all be under "Stone"?
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>    Tom Kysilko        Practical Data Services
>    pds at visi.com       Saint Paul MN USA