The caller continues to select and announce numbers until the first player forms the agreed pattern on his card and shouts out the name of the pattern. The most common pattern, called house, simply consists of marking all the numbers on the card.
There are traditional calls for the numbers. For example:
1 | Kelly's Eye |
5 | Man Alive |
7 | Lucky for Some |
8 | One Fat Lady |
9 | Doctor's Orders |
11 | Legs |
13 | Unlucky for Some |
16 | Sweet Sixteen |
21 | Key of the Door |
22 | Two Little Ducks |
23 | Thee and Me |
30 | Dirty Gertie |
37 | More Than Eleven |
45 | Halfway There |
51 | Tweak of the Thumb |
59 | Brighton Line |
64 | Red Raw |
66 | Clickety-Click |
71 | Bang on the Drum |
76 | Trombones |
79 | One More Time |
81 | Stop and Run |
86 | Between the Sticks |
88 | Two Fat Ladies |
90 | Top of the Shop |