Onto a winner Two brothers are finding that their childhood game is very good for business. Dave and Norm Lagasse, two bushy-bearded brothers in their forties, are sitting in their modest home in Santa Fe in New Mexico. USA, and reliving their childhood. In front of them lies a wooden board covered in round plastic pieces. They are playing the ancient game of pichenotte, one which, they insist, is unlike any other. Their grandfather, Lucien Rajotte, a grocer originally from Quebec, Canada, brought the game into the USA and introduced it to his family. It wasn’t long before, on just about every weekend and holiday. the family were playing the game and, as Dave says, ‘having the best time ever’. Eventually, the family moved to New Mexico. But Grandpa's pichenotte board, which he'd made out of wodden food crates, was not forgotten and they continued to play regularly. If visitors dropped by they were often fascinated, for the game was completely unknown in sou...
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