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SPANNIMS—STACKS 211 |
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Spannims
A game at marbles played in the eastern parts of England. —Halliwell's Dictionary.
Spawnie
The same game as " Spangie."—Keith (Rev. W. Gregor).
Spinny-Wye
The name of a game among children at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. I suspect this is nearly the same with " Hide and Seek." " I spye" is the usual exclamation at a childish game called " Hie, spy, hie."—Brand, ii. 442.
Splints
A game at marbles, in which they are dropped from the hand in heaps.—Easther's Almondbury Glossary.
Spurn point
An old game (undescribed) mentioned in the play Apollo Shroviiig, London, 1627, p. 49.
Spy-arm
A game of Hide-and-Seek, with this difference, that when those are found who are hid the finder cries Spy-arm; and if the one discovered can catch the discoverer, he has a ride upon his back to the dools.—Mactaggart's Gallovidian Encyclopedia.
See "Hide and Seek" (1).
Stacks
A stack in the centre of the stackyard was selected, and round a part of one side a rut was marked in the earth usually by the toe-bit of the ploughman's boot. This enclosure, not over four feet wide at the broadest part, was called the den. One of the players, selected to be the catcher, stood within this den, and when all the players were ready turned his face to the stack, and counted out loud the numerals from one to twenty, the last with a great shout. During the count the players ran round the stacks out of sight, but no hiding nor leaving the stackyard, this was " not fair." When twenty was heard one would shout back " Ready!': Then out came the catcher. He was not permitted to stand in or near the den, but went out among the stacks and caught as many players as he could before they |
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