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Pikier

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Translation detailsModel: mistral-large-2512.

A game played by urban and rural boys from various regions of Mazovia, Podlasie, and the Vilnius area (other names: Piekarz, Palant, Pałki, Djabeł, Pop). Its application is similar to the previous one, but the throwing distance to the goal is 20 steps, and a player who, during the palant draw, threw closest to the post driven into the ground stands by it (called the pikier, piekarz, etc.). Each player takes turns throwing once until someone knocks over the post. Then the pikier sets the post upright, and all the boys who have already thrown run to retrieve their palants. If the pikier, after setting up the post, touches a boy with his palant, that boy becomes the new pikier. Each knockdown is counted as a point.


Source scan: Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library, marked “Public Domain”. View PDF — page 176.

  • Type: game
  • Traits: Not stated in the source
  • Source: Eugeniusz Piasecki, Zabawy i gry ruchowe dzieci i młodzieży (1922)
  • Printed pages: 171 / PDF 176
  • Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
  • Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 171
  • Read the source text: zgr-101