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Newspaper Tidbits - Booth's Brandy, et.al.....
10-21-2013, 06:53 PM
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RE: Newspaper Tidbits - Booth's Brandy, et.al.....
If it's the same game still popular in Pennsylvania, quoits (pronounced kwaits) is similar to horseshoes. I don't know about the Civil War era, but nowadays a slanted board with a post is used. The object is to toss rings and get them on the post.

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RE: Newspaper Tidbits - Booth's Brandy, et.al..... - J. Beckert - 10-21-2013 06:53 PM
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