This is a very entertaining amusement and suitable for all ages.
As the word fagot means a bundle of twigs, it suggests an open fire.
Therefore home and hearth are indispensable environment.
There should be just as many twigs as there are girls and boys. The
idea being that each should draw a twig from the bundle as his name is
called. And they are called by the hostess according to the letters of
the alphabet. Whosever name therefore commences with A, should draw
the first twig. Having drawn the twig, A puts it on the open fire and
at once commences to tell a story. As long as the twig lasts, A must
continue to talk, but when it is burned he must stop, and as twigs
are apt to burn very rapidly when toward the end, the story is not
infrequently wound up in a jiffy. As soon as A has finished, the next
name is called and that person does exactly as did the first one, only
he must tell a different story. And so on until everybody has taken his
turn.