Pooh sticks

Pooh sticks
Pooh sticks /poo stiks/
noun
A game in which participants throw twigs, etc into running water upstream of a bridge, the winner being the person whose twig emerges first downstream of the bridge (also Poohˈsticks)
ORIGIN: A game played by Winnie the Pooh in the stories by AA Milne (1882–1956)

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