We used to play a game in summer camp where one had two sticks and could hand them to the next person 'crossed' or 'uncrossed' declaring as such. The key was it

We used to play a game in summer camp where one had two sticks and could hand them to the next person 'crossed' or 'uncrossed' declaring as such. The key was it was the persons legs, not the sticks, which determined if one was passing the sticks 'crossed' or 'uncrossed'.