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Show Twenty-two Centuries Old. Most boys and some girls hnve played In their time the giiinu of dibs, or knucklebones, hut few of them know thut tho game tins existed since the third century II. ('., anil Is probably prob-ably Ht ill older. llo It nus pluyitl In ancient flus no ono enn ti ll, but tho ankle Joint bouea of the sheep, ox. dci-r and pig wero iiki-i, and the 1:111110 was t-ulled "UHtrugul." from the l.ntln word for the unklv-Jolnt. In Seotlntid pebbles are often employed, wbenca Ijle littino. "chuckles." Ii'vcll preclc.-ti clones and gold and hron.e "Hionc-' have been used, and In soon ooitnirl' i the bones were niurked with nniiihn i anrtl colored to represent ).li;:v queens-, 'knaves and pnwns. |