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But down the long passage-way the children were noisily playing at their games at gus-ka-eh, or "peach-pits," at gus-ga-e-sa-ta, or "deer-buttons," and some of the younger boys were turning wonderful somersaults up and down the open spaces between the fire-pits.
"If no man hurt thee, but the hand divine Inflict disease, it fits thee to resign; To Jove, or to thy father, Neptune, pray," The brethren cried, and instant strode away. Ralston's Russian Folk-Tales. Crane's Italian Popular Tales, pp. 279 282. A game played with peach-pits, which are thrown into holes made in the ground, and to which certain numbers are attached.
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