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 ...

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 ...

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 ...