Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/334 - A Little Match Trick

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 * A Little Match Trick
 * We pulled open a box of matches the other day, and showed some friends that there were only about $12$ matches in it.
 * When opened at that end no heads were visible.
 * The heads were all at the other end of the box.
 * We told them after they had closed the box in front of them that we would give it a shake, and on reopening,
 * they would find a match turned round with its head visible.
 * They afterwards examined it to see that the matches were all sound.