Stręk (The Bat-and-Ball Game)
Translation details
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Section titled “Translated text”A rural boys’ game from the Bukowsko district (Greater Poland), similar in application to the previous one. Played by four boys. Two of them, armed with bats (palanty), hold them with the ends resting in small pits dug in the ground opposite each other at a distance of 20 paces. The other two stand at the sides. One of these side players has the stręk (a small ball or stick) and throws it at one of the boys standing by the pits, who tries to hit the stręk in mid-air with his bat. After hitting it, both boys with bats run to switch places, crossing their bats as they meet and continuing to run. One of the side players, standing closer to where the stręk fell, runs to retrieve it and then has the right to occupy one of the now-vacant pits if he reaches it first. In that case, the other two boys hand over their bats and take the side positions, and the game continues. If, however, the targeted player fails to hit the stręk, there is no mandatory change of places—only if the stręk flies far do the boys switch pits. Each correct occupation of a pit counts as a point.
Source scan: Kujawsko-Pomorska Digital Library, marked “Public Domain.” View PDF — page 213.
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: 208–209 / PDF 213–214
- Digital edition: Digital edition · Source record
- Open the edition at the relevant page: p. 208
- Read the source text: zgr-127