Maybe billiards? There is a game called pea pool.

Gameplay involves players each drawing one of 15 numbered markers called peas or pills at random from a shake bottle , which assigns to them the correspondingly numbered pool ball, kept secret from their opponents, but which they must pocket to win the game.

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> On Sep 1, 2021, at 12:39 PM, Nancy Upshaw <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi, all, wow - it’s been a long time since I was on here - decades. Didn’t even know the list still existed. Yay!
> 
> So I have a “stump” question for you. In several 18th century wills, I’ve found the mention of “a pair of shilliards and pea”. Anybody have any idea what these are? I’ve Googled, and checked Johnson’s Dictionary. Nothing, other than a few more references but no definitions. Is this just a crass way of saying “you get nothing”?
> 
> Totally stumped,
> 
> Nancy
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