``I remember the picnics he and the other Italians celebrated near the town where I was born. The men played a game with their hands. I think it is called morra. They would shout out a number as they threw out zero to five fingers with their right hands. You won if you got the total fingers thrown out by all the players correc!
t. Undici. Sei. Dieci. I can still hear the sounds. To paraphrase Carl Sandburg, "The workers yes." I'll have to get that book, Chuck. Have you ever been to the monument commemorating the miners and families murdered in the Ludlow Massacre in Ludlow, CO? It is a moving place to visit.'' Michael Yates -----------------
No. Sad to say.
I am not sure you can get this book. But the game you descripe was called Bocca in Colorado. It was something about fingers, something like gambling. According to Lou, the old men played it endlessly drinking home made wine, smoking, and arguing.
CG