Tippit

Tippit is a Welsh game that dates back hundreds of years and similar games - including Up Jenkins - are played in parts of France, Iraq, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, and the USA.

The game

The game is played using a small coin. Two teams of three face each other across a table and toss the coin to decide who goes first. The winning team put their hands under the table and move the coin unseen between the three pairs of hands. When ready, the centre player knocks three times on the underside of the table and all three pairs of clenched fists (one containing the coin) are placed on the table. The opposing team, who can confer, must then attempt to find the coin in the following manner.

The person who is trying to find the Tippit taps the hand of an opponent and says either:-