Sticker

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1973
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/40013

sticker This is a game played by boys of age six to thirteen years, approximately. It is played out doors in any place where the ground is soft enought to allow a pocket-knife to stick into it easily. It is usually played by two children; however, sometimes four or six play, with two of three as part- ners. The game is played with a pocket-knife or a sticker which is a short stick (six inches long) with a nail sticking out of one end. The object is to get the sticker to stick into the ground and stand upright. If a child fails to get the sticker to stand up, his opponent proceeds with the game from where he had finished before. The game includes "palmsy", "backsy", "fistsy", "fingsy" and "flicksy". In palmsy the child places the sticker on the palm of his out-stretched hand and flicks it into the air in such a way that it will stick into the ground when it comes down. In "backsy" he does the same except that he places the sticker on the back of his hand. In fistsy he places the sticker on his fist and proceeds to stick it into the ground. In fingsy he places the sticker on his outstretched little finger and fore-finger, and proceeds to stick it into the ground. In flicksy he holds the nail of the sticker or the blade of the knife and flicks it in such a way as to stick it into the ground. Whoever gets through the game first wins it. DNE-cit GMS Sept 73 Not used Not used Withdrawn