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Canoe

  • Canoe with its Sails

     

    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.

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  • Canoe with two masts

     

    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.
     
     
     

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  • Canoe

       

    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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