The Barrel Organ
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Model:mistral-large-2512.Translated text
Section titled “Translated text”A game played by village boys in the Bukowski region (Greater Poland), similar in application to the previous one. The boys stick a willow branch, roughly 24 cm long with three offshoots, into the ground. Right in front of this “barrel organ,” they cross two meter-long sticks. Players stand at a distance of 20—30 steps and mark a line they must not cross. From there, they throw sticks 60 cm long at the barrel organ. If someone strikes it skillfully, the three-pronged branch springs back far. The distance from there to its original position is measured with the thrown sticks. If it equals or exceeds the distance from the throwing line to the barrel organ, the boy who knocked it over wins and leaves the game. The contest continues among the remaining players. If a player does not immediately achieve the desired distance, he remembers the number of “cubits” and “adds” the remainder when his turn comes again. The last player, lacking the required number of cubits, lifts his right leg and receives as many strikes from the first winner as the cubits he is short.
Source scan: Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library, marked “Public Domain”. View PDF — page 176.
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: 171–172 / PDF 176–177
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 171
- Read the source text: zgr-102