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17. Slipein Mor. {Big slip. Sliop ?)

Two chucks are laid down parallel to the player's front at some distance from one another. One is thrown up, the two are slipped up, and the other caught.

18. Slipein Beag. {Little slip.)

Same as 17, but the chucks placed are closer together.

ig. Fad na h-uileann. {Length of the elbow = '•cubit.')

The movement here is the same as "Skips," 18, b, p. 77.

There were^ however, no instructions for the laying down of the

two chucks lifted.

20. Coig na Callain. {Five of the Kalends, the begimiing of a new period, a month, the New Year.)

The five chucks are thrown up from the palm of the hand, and must be caught on the back. If the player does not catch them, all her previous success goes for nothing, and she, at her next turn, commences at the beginning.

21. Coid ard. {High five.)

The chucks are scattered on the ground, one is lifted, thrown up to a comparatively great height and another lifted, the falling one being caught, of course. The one Hfted is laid down, and the other three are treated in the same manner.

22. Coig iosal. {Low five.)

This is played the same way as 21, but the chuck thrown up must travel less than the usual distance, and those on the ground are shovelled up, not lifted with the thumb and fingers.

23. Ao7i choig. {One five.)

The five chucks are thrown up from the palm of the hand, the hand turned so as to catch them on its back; they are again thrown up and caught in the palm of the hand. Da choig. (Two five.) Between the throwing up and the catching the hand is turned twice, back up, then palm up. Tri choig. (Three five.) Between the throwing up and the catching the hand is turned three times, back up, palm up, and back up again. This played as far as Se choig. (Six five.)

24. Coig dtnlich. {Difficult five ^

This is a variant of " Put the Cows out of the Byre," No. 12,