Knucklebones, or jacks, has existed for more than 2000 years and was first played with the astralagus bones of a sheep. This version –played with stones by two girls seated on the landing of a ...

Knucklebones follows the course of hysterical outburst to instances of alienation and isolation. From a 1903 newspaper, "While fifteen hundred persons looked on in breathless excitement ...

Of particular note was “knucklebones,” especially popular among children. The object was to throw a knucklebone (or a substitute) into the air and manipulate other knucklebones before the ...