If it sticks (rules differ, but typically only the metal part of the knife can be touching the ground. He begins his routine choosing a place to hold the knife, typically against his body somewhere, then “flicks” it from his body to the ground. View the video below to see how this works. Similar to the basketball game HORSE” a boy chooses where to hold the knife.The boys cut a peg and carve a point on one end. There is a small peg, typically made at the time of the game.So getting a set of rules to pass on is not as simple as you might think! But here are the basics: Some group of boys would develop elaborate rules including the exact sequence of throws. Just like other boy games, the rules have evolved over the years. Want to watch the game in action? This 3 minute video will show how it is played: The name of the game comes from a forfeit required in the early days of the game: a small peg was driven into the ground by a prescribed number of knife blows, and the loser had to pull the peg out (“mumble the peg”) with his teeth. Although positions vary, the most common ones are (1) flipping from the palm, (2) flipping from the back of the hand, (3) flipping by a twist of the fist, (4) throwing by holding the blade tip between the thumb and forefinger, (5) flipping from between the teeth, (6) throwing from each shoulder or behind each ear, (7) tossing backward over the head, and (8) throwing around the head from the back.Įach player performs in turn until he misses, resuming after other players miss unless one wins by performing all positions. The object of the game is for each player to flip or toss the knife in a progression of moves such that, after each one, the knife sticks in the ground and stands erect. The game was played as early as the 17th century in the British Isles. Mumblety-peg , also spelled mumbledy-peg, or mumbly-peg, original name mumble the peg, game of skill played with a knife, usually a jackknife. Here is the description from Encyclopedia Britannica: Instead, I am talking about the game from the 17th century. And I certainly don’t mean the new game where a boy stabs the knife between his fingers, faster and faster until he stabs himself or chickens out or can’t go any faster. And I don’t mean the modern version which requires throwing a knife as close to his foot as possible, then stretching out his foot to touch the knife until one of the two contestants can’t stand anymore.
The game Mumblety-peg has nearly been lost.
For boys who have learned to be responsible there is nothing like a nice pen knife to spend hours fiddling, making small lashed items and playing Mumblety-peg. Moms, you want your son off video screens – right? One way is to give him something he can do with his hands. Boys playing ‘Mumble-the-Peg’ Peekskill NJ 192u Source of Photograph: Library of Congress.
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