For the Fates
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Section titled “Translated text”A game of village boys from the Bukowski district (Greater Poland), suitable for older boys in elementary schools, especially rural ones. A game for 5—6 boys. On a larger, flat field stone, they place a smaller one. Having stepped back 20 paces from the stone, they draw a line on the ground which must not be crossed. Each boy selects a pebble with which he throws, as if unintentionally, beyond the line. The player whose pebble lands closest to the larger stone becomes the “guard” and positions himself nearby. The rest of the players stand behind the line with pebbles in hand. The boy whose pebble landed farthest from the large stone begins. He tries to knock the smaller stone off the larger one with an accurate throw. If he succeeds, he runs to retrieve his projectile. Meanwhile, the guard replaces the smaller stone on the larger one and also runs to retrieve the boy’s projectile. Whoever reaches it first takes the pebble and stands behind the line, while the other becomes the guard. If a player fails to knock off the top stone with his projectile, he usually does not rush to retrieve it, as the guard would outrun him. (The guard is only allowed to go for the projectile at the same time as its owner.) Therefore, the boys approach this task stealthily, crawling through byways to the spot with the projectile. If the guard spots this, he also rushes for the projectile.
Source scan: Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library, marked “Public Domain”. See PDF — page 174.
Metadata
Section titled “Metadata”- Type: game
- Traits: Not stated in the source
- Source: Eugeniusz Piasecki, Zabawy i gry ruchowe dzieci i młodzieży (1922)
- Printed pages: 169–170 / PDF 174–175
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 169
- Read the source text: zgr-098