| Summary: | skitter v a game I used to play as a boy Several boys would gather on the seashore and get flat rocks and throw them at the water so that the flat side of the rock touched the water and the rock would hop from one place to another on the water until he had [reverse] used up all of its energy. The idea of the game was to see how far the rock would go and try to count the number of jumps it made. This game was usually played by boys from 10 to 16 yrs. (Maybe even younger) It was done in the town of Islington. The flat rock used in doing this was called a skidderen rock. This often heard the expression, [PT] "I'll, cut your head wit a _skidderin rock_". This was a threat given to someone who was annoying and It meant that a flat stone would be thrown at the annoyer and his head would be cut by the rock. Yes DICT CEN JW Used I Used I Used I SKATE, SKIRR Nfld FOLKLORE SURVEY Reverse of card at S_17185
|
|---|