In article >,
"Dimitri" > wrote:

> Mumblety-peg with a switchblade.

Root-the-peg, which in my town was that you played mumblety-peg until
you lost and the winner had one chance to use the butt of the knife to
drive the peg further into the ground. The loser dug into the ground
with his teeth until he grabbed the peg and pulled it out. Town rules
dictated that the game was always played on grass. The older kid
generally won or wouldn't root the peg if he lost. The younger kid
always rooted it. Ah, those were the days.

leo
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