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a game played by any number of people, although usually limited to ten. Each had a minimum to [sic] two old pennies. The object of the game was to get the pennies as close as possible to the stake in the ground – ‘spideag’. Whoever was nearest gathered all the pennies, shook them in his hand and threw them all up into the air. He kept all the coins that landed on their heads. Then the second closest person picked up the coins that were left (tails) and threw them up into the air and so on till the coins had been distributed. [NOTES: note added above ‘puidseadh’ – padhdseadh (from pitch?).]
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous - puidseadh na sgillin
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throwing the penny.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
