It is a game with a big pile of sticks. You have to pull a stick out without the pile collapsing. It seems to known by a different name in every country. Some aliases according to Wikipedia: Mikado, Biriulky, Jackstraws, Spellicans, Jonchets, Shanghai, Jenga, Haida, Selahtikan, Kau Cim sticks, Zitterwackel, Plockepinn, Dukim, Palitos Chinos, Pega Varetas, Bierki.
I have never heard of spillikins.
ReplyDeleteJoan Elizabeth: I have never heard of spillikins.
ReplyDeleteIt is a game with a big pile of sticks. You have to pull a stick out without the pile collapsing. It seems to known by a different name in every country. Some aliases according to Wikipedia: Mikado, Biriulky, Jackstraws, Spellicans, Jonchets, Shanghai, Jenga, Haida, Selahtikan, Kau Cim sticks, Zitterwackel, Plockepinn, Dukim, Palitos Chinos, Pega Varetas, Bierki.
It wasn't my ghost AB, I'm still alive:)
ReplyDeleteLove this photo!
Zitterwackel?
ReplyDeleteThanks AB, its fiddlesticks here.
ReplyDeleteYes. The trace of the crop reminds of the blessing of the Nature...
ReplyDeleteWie kann ein vor 2000 Jahren von den Germanen gespieltes Spiel ein Vorläufer eines aus Japan stammenden Spiels sein ... ;-)
ReplyDeleteStrange that this type of game seems to be found in so many cultures.