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Saturday evening was games night in the local pub called The Three Tuns. Starting at 7.30 p.m. We always started with darts. The ladies were allowed to stand closer to the board but the men stood at 7’6”. There was always an open fire going and this was at the side of the dartboard, this caused a problem because if a dart bounced out you had a 50.50 chance of it going in the fire, and then panic ensued. It was wise to have two or three sets of darts the same for this reason. Darts always finished at 10 p.m.

Then the game of Tippit started. The rules are as follows (Wikipedia).

The game is played using a small coin. Two teams of three face each other across a table and toss the coin to decide who goes first. The winning team members put their hands under the table and move the coin unseen between the three pairs of hands. When ready, the center player knocks three times on the underside of the table and all three pairs of clenched fists (one containing the coin) are placed on the table. The opposing team, who can confer, must then attempt to find the coin in the following manner.
The person who is trying to find the Tippit taps the hand of an opponent and says either:-
• "Take your left/right hand away". The tapped opponent opens the hand specified and if the coin is not there, the person puts the hand by their side. If the Tippit is revealed, then the team hiding the Tippit has won the round. They score one point and get to hide the Tippit amongst themselves again.
• "Tippit in your left/right". The tapped opponent opens their hand to show whether or not the coin is there. If the Tippit is revealed, then the team searching for the Tippit wins the coin. They score no points but get the opportunity to hide the coin. If the Tippit is not in the first mentioned, then the searcher has lost and the team with the Tippit scores a point and gets to hide it all over again-once they have revealed who had it all along.
Games are usually played until one team reaches a score of 11.
• "Take your left/right hand away". The tapped opponent opens the hand specified and if the coin is not there, the person puts the hand by their side. If the Tippit is revealed, then the team hiding the Tippit have won the

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