This post illustrates the, frankly, very hazardous Christmas (and in USA Halloween) parlour-game of SNAPDRAGON. The original description from over a century ago is quite unsurpassable in its humour and lyricism, so we are including a scan for your enjoyment, of the original entry from our attractively foxed copy of vol 2 of Chambers’ Book of Days.
Rubber-stamp SnapDragon print by ZEEL.
The ’ Book Of Days* is a fascinating resource for all those fascinated by folklore and strangenesses. It has been quoted by many a gazetteer over the decades since being first published in 1864 by Scottish author Robert Chambers.
Robert Chambers ~ Author and Publisher - 1803-1871 . https://www.bulldozia.com/
*Full title of Chambers magnum opus is- The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the Calendar, Including Anecdote, Biography, & History, Curiosities of Literature and Oddities of Human Life and Character.