Forget about fives/jacks/gobs/knucklebones everyone - The Anglo-Saxon Games website quoted by McGrath of Harlow back in Sept. 2000 (see above)has something far more interesting: The Anglo-Saxon Game of Riddling I quote verbatim: "A strange thing hangs by man's hip, hidden by a garment. It has a hole in its head. It is stiff and strong and its firm bearing reaps a reward. When the retainer hitches his clothing high above his knee, he wants the head of that hanging thing to find the old hole that it, outstretched, has often filled before." See for yourself ! (The less interesting game you're looking for is described there, too)