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  2. Jacob's Ladder - Wikipedia

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    Picture of the Jacob's Ladder in the original Luther Bibles (of 1534 and also 1545). Jacob's Ladder (Biblical Hebrew: סֻלָּם יַעֲקֹב ‎, romanized: Sūllām Yaʿăqōḇ) is a ladder or staircase leading to Heaven that was featured in a dream the Biblical Patriarch Jacob had during his flight from his brother Esau in the Book of Genesis (chapter 28).

  3. Jacob's ladder (toy) - Wikipedia

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    A Jacob's Ladder unfolded Watch toy in action (Ogg Theora format, 1.7 MB) A Jacob's ladder (also magic tablets, Chinese blocks, and klick-klack toy [1]) is a folk toy consisting of blocks of wood held together by strings or ribbons. When the ladder is held at one end, blocks appear to cascade down the strings.

  4. String figure - Wikipedia

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    How to Make a Cat's Cradle from a Piece of String: a video tutorial, MetaCafe.com. String Games.pdf by Arvind Gupta cs.sfu.ca, arvindguptatoys.com with illustrations by Avinash Deshpande (52-page PDF book). Jayne, C. F. (1962/2009). String Figures and How to Make Them - complete text and illustrations from the book, in HTML format. Jamis Buck ...

  5. List of string figures - Wikipedia

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    "Opening A", seen from below "Two Diamonds" Heraklas' "Plinthios Brokhos" made in a doubled cord.Resembles "A Hole in the Tree" with different crossings. "Cradle", the first (and opening) position of Cat's cradle "Soldier's Bed" from Cat's cradle "Candles" from Cat's cradle "Diamonds" from Cat's cradle "Cat's Eye" from Cat's cradle "Fish in a Dish" from Cat's cradle "Grandfather Clock" from ...

  6. List of children's games - Wikipedia

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    A child playing tag.. This is a list of games that are played by children.Traditional children's games do not include commercial products such as board games but do include games which require props such as hopscotch or marbles (toys go in List of toys unless the toys are used in multiple games or the single game played is named after the toy; thus "jump rope" is a game, while "Jacob's ladder ...

  7. Cat's Cradle - Wikipedia

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    Cat's Cradle is a satirical postmodern novel, with science fiction elements, by American writer Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut's fourth novel, it was first published on March 18, 1963, [ 1 ] exploring and satirizing issues of science , technology , the purpose of religion , and the arms race , often through the use of morbid humor .

  8. Jacob's Ladder (1990 film) - Wikipedia

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    Jacob's Ladder is a 1990 American psychological horror film [4] directed by Adrian Lyne, produced by Alan Marshall and written by Bruce Joel Rubin.It stars Tim Robbins as Jacob Singer, an American infantryman whose experiences during his military service in Vietnam result in strange, fragmentary visions and bizarre hallucinations that continue to haunt him.

  9. List of skill toys - Wikipedia

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    Cat's cradle; Catch (game) and related variants: Playing catch with baseball and mitt (Velcro) Paddle catch and toss game; ... Jacob's ladder (toy) Rubik's Magic ...