2-888-606 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Playing at Morra - Rome, 1850. People playing the '...Neapolitan game of Morra, in which one party suddenly holds up to view any number of the fingers of both his hands, while the other party in the game calls out not the number raised, but that which is held down; if he fails in giving the true number, he loses. It is a game success in which requires long practice and a quick eye, with such sudden haste are the hands hell up; and, as the parties standing around always bet upon one or other of the players, the degree of excitement attending it is very great'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.