The Origin of the Game of Dominoes.
» Two monks who had been committed to a lengthy seclusion, contrivad ro b"guile the dreary hours of their confinment without breaking the rule of silence, by showing each other sma'l flat stones marked with black dots. By a pre-concerted arrangement, (he winner would inform the other play°r of his victory by repeating in an under tone the first line of the vesppr prayer. In process of time the two monks man. aged to complete the ?et of stone and to perfect tlic rules of the games so that when their term of incarcera' tion had expired, tho game was gen* erally adopted by all the inmates of the convent as a lawful pastime. It very snon spread f■ om town to town and became popular in Italy ; and the first line of the Vesperß was re* dnced to the single word Domino, by which the game has since b»en known. — 11 Corriere Fazionah.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 18 July 1890, Page 2
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160The Origin of the Game of Dominoes. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 18 July 1890, Page 2
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