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"I cut, you choose" would assure an honest division of the spoils. merlin Counting cherry pits is another. My mother would keep an eagle eye out for inexpensive cherries when in season. It was glorious - sitting together, gorging ourselves on beautiful, ripe, juicy cherries. The pits merlin would be jealously guarded until the last cherry had been eaten and then the ritual would begin. "Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, rich man, poor man, beggar man, thief, doctor, lawyer, Indian chief." The last pit would identify the occupation of your intended. merlin Woe to those who finished with "poor man," "beggar man" or "thief" as we imagined a life doomed to hardship. There was a brief flirtation with bartering the excess to assure the darling of our dreams, but this just never seemed quite sporting.
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