Multicolored glass balls (marbles) It was a competitive game that required accuracy, which was rewarded by winning the opponent’s marbles. More specifically, the good marble was called mother or “mana”. The children placed their marbles either in a row or in any other possible way. Each kid tried with its “mana” to get out …
Colored or natural whirlpools (little whirlpools – “kouinakia”, big whirlpools – “koukounares”). The whirlpool is wooden and has a metal nail at the bottom. It can be rotated in two ways: with a rope that is elliptically wound and pulled sharply or by twisting its head with the fingers. Whichever whirlpool spined longer than …
“Kotsia” (bones from the joint, ankles, mainly from lambs or goats) or how the game was called in Ancient Greece, “pessoi”. “Kotsi” is cube – shaped with 6 sides. Girls usually played with them. Each girl had three “kotsia”. They shuffled them, threw them up and when they fell down, they looked at their positions. …
(“Dragkamina” in Molos, Fthiotida) Competitive and rare (due to the lack of barrels) game with 2 or more players. Each player had a metal wreath (barrel wreath or something similar, although the most common material was the barrel wreath) and a stick. This game is known from Ancient Greece, but back then they used an …
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