Editing Pick-up sticks (section)

==History==
The origin of the game of pick-up sticks is disputed,<ref name="browning">{{cite book |last1=Browning |first1=Barbara |title=The Miniaturists |date=10 October 2022 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=9781478023548 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LKuTEAAAQBAJ |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> but it is believed to have developed from the [[Achillea millefolium|yarrow]] stalks used for divination with the Chinese ''[[I Ching]]''.<ref name="arts">{{cite book |title=Arts of Asia |date=1999 |page=122 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lItMAAAAYAAJ |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> The game became popular in the 1800s in Germany, the United Kingdom (where it was played at least as early as 1945 at [[Windsor Castle]]), and the United States.<ref name="white">{{cite book |last1=White |first1=Gwen |title=Antique Toys and Their Background |date=1971 |publisher=Batsford |isbn=9780713407242 |page=125 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qAg4AQAAIAAJ |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref> A particularly popular version of the game during the 1930s-50s, 456 Pickup Sticks, was manufactured by O. Schoenhut Inc, an offshoot of the US-based [[Schoenhut Piano Company]].<ref name="browning" />

In the 1800s, pick-up sticks were generally made from [[ivory]] or [[bone]]; modern sticks may be made of almost any material, such as [[wood]], [[bamboo]], [[straw]], [[Phragmites|reed]], [[Juncaceae|rush]], [[yarrow]], or [[plastics]].<ref name="brit" /> 

A game similar to pick-up sticks is also played by the [[Pick-up sticks (Haida)|Haida First Nation]], with sticks made of plain [[maple]] wood decorated with [[abalone]] shell and copper.<ref name="haida">{{cite web |title=Luck of the Gambler |url=https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/aborig/haida/haalg01e.html |website=Canadian Museum of History |access-date=22 March 2023}}</ref>