_tidley stick_

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1972
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/73516

tiddly n No one caught it you put your _puss-stick_ across the hole and if the person who picked up your _tidley stck_ could throw it and hit your puss stick you were out. When you knocked it someone caught your tidley stick before it hit the ground you were out. When it was thrown in you had to try to hit it with the puss stick. If you hit it behind the hole you were out but if you hit it out in front you measured off the distance with your puss-stick and counted one point for each length. When you _tiddleyed_ you were out if someone caught your tidley stick but if not caught you counted the number of Puss-stick lengths as points. Forty Five was a game and if someone on your side had been OUT and you made a complete game without missing a turn that person was IN again. [Diagram] Tidley Stick Puss stick Hook Knock Tidley Yes DNE-cit JH 3/72 Used I Used I 2 Used I [see 'puss'] tiddlywink, PIDDLY, tidley, tiddley, piddley, tiddly stick, tiddley-stick, tidley stick, puss-stick, puss stick diagram on card; same informant at T_13713; 4 circles at bottom right corner