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sf Whelk game, or chuckie stanes, a girl's game, played with small whelk shells. Alexander Morrison in an article on Uist Games in Celtic Review, No. 16, says:— “I have taken some trouble to understand this intricate game, but have not succeeded. I have done the next best thing, however, for I have got all the different moves, which none but a feminine mind could remember.

	1	2
(a)	Sgapadh aon	Sgapadh a dhà
(b)	Dubhas a h-aon	Dubhas a dhà
(c)	Trithis a h-aon	Trithis a dhà
(d)	Cairteal a h-aon	Cairteal a dhà

	3	4
(a)	Sgapadh trì	Sgapadh a ceithir
(b)	Dubhas a trì	Dubhas a ceithir
(c)	Trithis a trì	Trithis a ceithir
(d)	Cairteal a trì	Cairteal a ceithir

	5	6
(a)	Sgapadh cóig	Sgapadh a sia
(b)	Dubhas a cóig	Dubhas a sia
(c)	Trithis a cóig	Trithis a sia
(d)	Cairteal a cóig	Cairteal a sia

	7	8
(a)	Sgapadh na gòraiche	Sgapadh a h-aon
(b)	Gòraich i fhéin	Dubhadh a h-aon
(c)		Trithis a h-aon
(d)		Cairteal a h-aon

	9	10
(a)	'S a bhireach	'S a sheachdadh

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Sgapadh a h-aon dém chriche

Dubhas a h-aon dém chriche

Trithis a h-aon dém chriche

Cairteal a h-aon dém chriche

Cóig a h-aon dém chriche

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Sgapadh a Gobacan dém chriche

Gobacan a h-aon dém chriche

Gobacan a dhà dém chriche

Gobagan a trì dém chriche

Gobacan a ceithir dém chriche

Gobacan a cóig dém chriche

13 Sgapadh as goraich dém chriche
Gorach i fhéin dém chriche
14 'S a bhireach dém chriche
15 'S a seachdadh dém chriche
16 Sgapadh do m' bhig
17 Sgapadh na reis (= span)
18 Reis a h-aon liobag
19 Reis a h-aon bhocag
20 Reìs a dhà liobag
21 Reis a dhà bhocag

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Sgapadh aon

Dubhas a h-aon

Trithis a h-aon

Cairteal a h-aon

I shall not attempt to describe these steps, for I cannot. They are all variations of Sgapadh a h-aon or the common “chuckie-stanes” method.”

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