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Description of the game of quoits.

Date 23 July 1961
Track ID 45675
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1961.87.A18

Original Tape ID

SA1961.087

Summary

Description of the game of quoits.

Two small sticks were set in the ground about ten yards apart, and quoits, often old horseshoes, were thrown from one stick to the other. The nearest won, and sometimes the thrower could put a shoe right around a stick. The shoe could also curl away, depending how it struck the ground.

Peter Pratt played the game at school and also on the deck of the ship he travelled to America on.

Recording Location

County - Orkney

Parish - St Andrews and Deerness

Island - Orkney Mainland

Village/Place - Toab

Language

English, Scots

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good