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chained_bear commented on the word bassag
"Bassag or Badhag, the game, played between two children, of slapping hand down upon hand. From Manx bass, the palm. In England the game is called 'Pat-a-cake,' and is played to a rhyme: 'Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man,' etc."
—W. Walter Gill, Manx Dialect Words and Phrases, 1934
April 23, 2009