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A traditional coconut shy run by Albert Harris. This particular stall was established by his mother, Mrs E. Harris, in 1936. A coconut shy (or coconut shie) is a traditional British game frequently found as a sidestall at funfairs and fêtes. The game consists of throwing wooden balls at a row of coconuts balanced on posts. Typically a player ...
The song celebrates the coconut shy (coconut toss) at funfairs, and the chorus of "Roll or bowl a ball a penny a pitch" [2] is based on the call of the showman "standing underneath the flare" (of gaslight), inviting the public to play.
Inevitably, the coconut toss didn’t last too long, since it was deemed too dangerous to the public. So, the famed Krewe pivoted and are now handing the coveted—and of course, highly ...
The yo-yo is an example of a skill toy. A skill toy is an object or theatrical prop used for dexterity play or an object manipulation performance. A skill toy can be any static or inanimate object with which a person dances, manipulates, spins, tosses, or simply plays.
Dern Kala (Thai: เดินกะลา) is a game that involves walking on coconut shells. Players use two cleaned coconut shells with a hole drilled in the middle for stringing a rope, about 1 meter long. The rope is tied tightly to prevent the shells from falling off while walking.
Tree covered with Mardi Gras beads. Mardi Gras throws are strings of beads, doubloons, cups, or other trinkets passed out or thrown from the floats for Mardi Gras celebrations, particularly in New Orleans, the Mobile, Alabama, and parades throughout the Gulf Coast of the United States, to spectators lining the streets.
The monkey and the coconuts is a mathematical puzzle in the field of Diophantine analysis that originated in a short story involving five sailors and a monkey on a desert island who divide up a pile of coconuts; the problem is to find the number of coconuts in the original pile (fractional coconuts not allowed).
The Coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) — cultivation of the tree, and its "fruit" and other products. Subcategories. This category has the following 5 subcategories, out ...