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You can get the 'original' style metal jacks at Cracker Barrel Restaurants for about $5.00 or in a metal tin a set with Pick-up sticks included is made by Cardinal Games (cardinalgames.com) found possibly at Walmart for $5.00 or so.

Jacks
RULES TO PLAY
1. Ones Scatter all jacks upon the playing surface by a single movement of the right hand. Toss the bail, pick up one jack, and after ball has bounced once, catch the ball in the same (right) hand. Transfer the jack to the left and proceed as before until all jacks are in the left hand.
2. Twos - Same as 1. except pick up two jacks at one time. Then the next time pick up three and so on.
3. All jacks and ball in right hand. Toss ball upward, lay down all jacks and catch ball in right hand. Throw ball up again, pick up all jacks, and catch ball in right hand.
4. EGGS in BASKET - Scatter jacks, toss ball, pick up
one jack, right hand only used, and while ball bounces once, transfer jacks to the left hand, then catch ball with right hand. When all jacks have been picked up and transferred to the left hand, the jacks are all put in the right hand and scattered again. Proceed thru twos, threes, etc.
5. CRACK THE EGGS - Scatter jacks with right hand.
Toss the ball with right hand and while ball bounces once, pick up one jack with right hand, ?crack? (tap) it on the playing surface, and catch the ball in right hand which is still holding the jack. Transfer jack to the left hand and proceed as before until all jacks are picked up. Scatter again and continue thru twos, etc.



FOULS AND MISSES
1. Using wrong hand to catch the ball.
2. Failure to pick up proper number of jacks required by ones, twos, etc.
3. Clothes burn. Allowing the ball or jacks to touch the body or clothing while catching the ball, except the hand used to catch the ball.
4. Two hands. Catching the ball with both hands.
5. Drops. Failure to hold the ball or jacks until movement is completed.
6. Touching any other jack while attempting to pick up a jack or group of jacks.

Make up more rules of your own. Have FUN.




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