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tug of war
en James George Frazer The Golden Bough 1911 9 174 In autumn the Central Esquimaux divide themselves into two parties, representing summer and winter respectively, which pull at opposite ends of a rope; and they draw omens of the weather to be expected in the coming winter according as the party of summer or winter prevails in the struggle. That in such contests, resembling our English game of "French and English" or the "Tug of War," the one side may represent demons is proved by
en coordinated pairs