Canoe

 

Canoe with its Sails

COLLECTED BY
     H. C. ET H. E. MAUDE

      (String Figures
       from Gilbert Islands)

 

          Long loop

    A. Opening A.

   B. 2 removes, from below, 1.

   C. 1 enters, from above, into
        lower 2 and removes from
        below, 5.

   D. 5 enters, from above, into
        upper 2, passes below
        lower 2, and removes from
        below 1.

        You have two loops on 2
         and one on 5.

   E. 1 passes over lower 2,
        behind upper 2f, and
         removes from
        above upper 2.

   F. 1 enters, from above, into 2
        and picks up 5n.

   G. Extension Caroline.

 

 

Canoe with two
masts

 (Nar)

COLLECTED BY
Dr. HADDON
(CAT´S CRADLE FROM
MANY LANDS
BY KATHLEEN HADDON
Longmans, Green and Co.
1911)

 

     Figure for two persons or with
       the big toe.
 
 

     A. Opening A.

     B. Another person passes his
          hand over 5f, below 5n
          and 2f, and catches 2n
          and 1f, where they
          cross and comes back.

          (One can also catches
          with 1 and 2, 5n and 2f,
          and thus puts 2n and 1f
          on the big toe, without forgot
          to  lift this last, first over 5f.

     C.  R3 passes through R2,
           from above, picks up R1l
           and returns.
           Do the same with L3.

     D. Release 1, 2 and 5.

           You have a loop on 3
           and a double loop on the
           big toe, or another
           person´s hand.

     E. 5 picks up 3f.
          1 picks up 3n.
          Release 3.
          R2 picks up the L
          palmar string .
          L2, through R2
          from above, picks up
          the R palmar string.

     F.  3 passes over 5 and
          enters, from below, into
          the double loop holded
          by the other person
          (or big toe´s loop), over
          all the strings except 1n,
          and removes from above 1.
          3 returns through the
          double loop.
 

     G. Release the double loop
          and 2.
          Extend.
 
 
 

 

   

Canoe

COLLECTED BY
KATHLEEN HADDON

         This figure begins like
            "Dance".
 
 
 
 
 

     A. 1 and 2 hold a segment
          of the loop.
          A small segment must to
          pass between the hands.
          Pass the right half of the
          segment, in front of the
          left half, to form a small
          hanging loop ....
          Introduce 2, toward you,
          in the small hanging loop .

          Straighten 2
          Release 1.
          Extend, to absorb the big
          hanging loop.

          You have now two loops
          on 2.
          The near strings are
          parallel and the far
          strings are crossing.

          This movement is known
          as "Murray opening".
 

     B. R1 over lower R2n,
          picks up lower R2f.

          L1 over lower L2n and f,
          picks up upper L2f.
 

    C. R5 over upper R2n and f,
         picks up lower R2n.

    D. L5 over upper L2n and
         lower L2f,
         picks up lower L2n
         (transverse string).

      You have a loop  on 1,
          two on 2 and one on 5.
 

     E. 2 enters in the triangles
          near of 5, and, toward
          you , picks up the string
          that it is the continuation
          of the upper string 2n .
          Release 1.

 
 

     F. 1, away from you, enters
          in 5 and pick up the
          oblique string.
 

        Arrange if need.

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