# What are those stick thingies called that you see at the RenFaires?

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**Created:** [November 13, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-stick-thingies-called-that-you-see-at-the-renfaires/380320 "2006-11-13T23:06:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-stick-thingies-called-that-you-see-at-the-renfaires/380320/1 "2006-11-13T23:06:55Z")

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You know the kind that are two sticks in each hand and then a third stick that spins and whips acrobatically between the two others.  
We watched a teen age girl flinging and whipping these thingies around the other day and it was hypnotic.

Is it hard to learn?

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-stick-thingies-called-that-you-see-at-the-renfaires/380320/2 "2006-11-13T23:17:43Z")

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I’ve heard them called “devil sticks.” Dunno about the difficulty. Any kind of juggling looks hard to me. I’m a klutz.

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**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-stick-thingies-called-that-you-see-at-the-renfaires/380320/3 "2006-11-13T23:29:02Z")

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[Devil sticks](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_sticks).

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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2006, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-stick-thingies-called-that-you-see-at-the-renfaires/380320/4 "2006-11-17T12:34:56Z")

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I would have never found it under Devil Sticks. Thanks for the linkie!