This game is based on the classic concept of 'three shells and a pea' also known as 'thimblerig' this is portrayed as a gambling game, but is purely a swindle game used to perpetrate fraud. it is played on a flat surface, and requires three shells (or thimbles, walnut shells, bottle caps, and even match boxes) and a small soft round ball, about the size of a pea, and often referred to as such.
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