JACK SPRAT
National Games Inc.
West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
5014 (at bottom left of cover)
«JACK
SPRAT»
JACK SPRAT COULD EAT NO FAT, HIS WIFE COULD EAT NO MEAN
SO BETWEEN THEM BOTH THEY LICKED THE PLATTER CLEAN.
WHEN JACK WAS YOUNG HE DRESSED VERY SMART.
HE COURTED JOAN COLE AND GAINED HER KIND HEART.
JACK SPRAT WAS THE BRIDEGROOM, JOAN COLE WAS THE BRIDE;
JACK SAID FROM THE CHURCH HIS JOAN HOME SHOULD RIDE.
BUT NO COACH COULD TAKE HER THE LANE WAS SO NARROW;
SAID JACK, "THEN I'LL TAKE HER HOME IN A WHEELBARROW".
JACK SPRAT WAS WHEELING HIS WIFE BY A DITCH.
THE BARROW TURNED OVER AND IN SHE DID PITCH.
# 5014 NATIONAL GAMES INC., WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASS. U.S.A.
No "Game of" in title. Publisher catalog number 5014, shown at bottom left. The cover shows Joan and Jack at a table with a cat watching.
Similar to Game of Jack Sprat (G-39287) by National Games, Inc. (West Springfield MA) and Jack Sprat (G-37087) by National Games, Inc. (West Springfield MA).
printed on cover (Jack Sprat game); printed on game board (for Merelles and Puzzle Solitaire games)
TWO TO FOUR PLAYERS
*First player places man on starting point and shakes dice. *Player goes as many steps as indicated by dice. *Player may go either way if he comes to an intersection. *If player stops on a black spot he loses next turn. *If player stops on "a picture" area, follow directions on it. *If player shakes too large a number to stop on a picture area then he goes through it and counts it as one step. *When approaching the END player must throw the exact number in order to reach the end. If he does NOT throw the exact number to take him out then he must take one of the paths leading back into the game. *Two players must not be on the same step. Player to reach the step when another player is already on it must jump over and occupy the step beyond. *The player reaching the END first wins the game.
cardboard box
On short apron: red background with |JACK SPRAT| (in black), |Puzzle Solitaire| (in white), and |MERELLES| (in black).
On long apron: red background with |3-GAME COMBINATION|.
Jack Sprat game board and rules are printed on the cover.
Merelles and Puzzle Solitaire game boards and rules are printed on separate cardboard sheets.
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