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Engravings dating back to c. 1300 [1]: 33 show a game being played that is an early variant of either ground billiards or one-on-one field hockey (assuming there was any significant difference other than game speed and vigour), sometimes within a bounded area. A similar game has survived to modern times, in the form of box hockey (which uses a ...
Greased pig contest, Houston A boy holding a greased pig Pig wrestling (also known as pig scramble [1] and with the variants hog wrestling and greased pig catching) is a game sometimes played at agricultural shows such as state and county fairs, in which contestants, try to hold onto a pig.
The origin of the game of pick-up sticks is disputed, [2] but it is believed to have developed from the yarrow stalks used for divination with the Chinese I Ching. [3] The game became popular in the 1800s in Germany, the United Kingdom (where it was played at least as early as 1945 at Windsor Castle), and the United States. [4]
Mumblety-peg (also known as mumbley-peg, mumbly-peg, [1] mumblepeg, mumble-the-peg, mumbledepeg, mumble peg or mumble-de-peg) is an old outdoor game played using pocketknives. [2] The term "mumblety-peg" came from the practice of putting a peg of about 2 to 3 in (5 to 8 cm) into the ground. The loser of the game had to take it out with his teeth.
This page lists sports and games which have traditionally been played in rural areas. Predominantly they come from the British Isles. Some take the form of annual events in a particular location associated with the tradition. Others have become more widespread, being played in local fairs or festivities in different areas. Some are pub games ...
Stoop ball is a pickup neighborhood game played near the stoop (outer concrete stairway) of a residential dwelling by a minimum of two players. The rules [5] are based loosely on baseball. The object of the game is to score the most runs in nine innings. One player is the "batter" and the other players are "fielders".
A "ball and ladder game" was patented in 2002 by Pennsylvanian Robert G. Reid, [2] a postman who had played the game with his family for decades before deciding to file for patent in November, 1999. [3] The game is reported as having been played on Escapees campgrounds in the United States in the late 1990s. [4]
Shove ha'penny (or shove halfpenny), also known in ancestral form as shoffe-grote ['shove-groat' in Modern English], slype groat ['slip groat'], and slide-thrift, [1] is a pub game in the shuffleboard family, played predominantly in the United Kingdom. Two players or teams compete against one another using coins or discs on a tabletop board.