DICE IN ALL AGES.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 31 July 1914, Page 7

DICE IN ALL AGES.

The simple little squares which

we shake up in a box and throw in games of chance are sd old that their origin is lost in the mists of antiquity. Certainly dice in various forms have been used in religious ceremonies since the dawn of history. The majority of dice have been made in the form of cubes. In practically every variety also, the numbering has been the same. That is to say, the six and one, five and two, three and four. have been opposite one another, thus forming the magic total seven in each instance. A curious form' of dice had six sides, and was made to spin at a. twirl of the thumb and second finger, and specimens vt dice have now been discovered tei' Babylon. J.lfl»