Description of the game of quoits.
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
23 July 1961
Track ID
45675
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1961.87.A18
Original Tape ID
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
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good