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Italian games of the past


 

In the past children who lived in the country were almost always home-made toys, but those who lived in the city were also toys a little 'more elaborate, like real shoes and pots, which you bought. There were also a bit 'less free, more time spent indoors and therefore their games were sedentary, like the snakes and ladders or tombola.I children of our shares spent much time doing traditional outdoor games." Like hide and seek", "the four corners" of the handkerchief the game, "1-2-3-star."

The first video is "123 star"

 

How to play


Players: More than two

Proceedings: A blind child against a wall, count to three and turn by saying "star".
The other players must try to move forward.

If the player who is blinded sees someone moving, it must go back. The first person who can touch the wall says "star" and may go blind in turn.


The second video is "the four corners "

 
How to play
Players (5 players)

You play outdoors, or in the gym.
The field of play must be at least as large a room and form more or less square.
The four corners of the square must be visible and marked, eg with a jar, or a mark made with chalk on the ground.
With a count, is giving away who is "under" in the middle of the square, while the other four players will bring the 4 corners (see drawing).
At "Go!"
players at the corners of the square must exchange places very quickly.
The player at the center of the square but must win a corner remained empty at the moment.
Who loses his job or in the case of those who are in the middle can not conquer it must be under.

 
third game in video is  "handkerchief"
 
How to play
 Players (12 players)
You play outdoors, or in the gym.
A player holding a handkerchief. There are two teams with equal numbers of each number corresponds each player .When a player calls a number with a handkerchief, the team which arrives first in his player wins.