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GAMES over TIME

MOTHERFAVOURITE GAMES

My mother’s favourite games were: “La Settimana” (Hopscotch): a court is drawn

with a chalk on the street or on a pavement. Designs vary, but the course is usually composed of a series of linear squares interspersed with blocks of two lateral squares. Traditionally the course ends with a "safe" or "home" base in which the player may turn before completing the reverse trip. The purpose of the game is to hop on one foot and pick up a previously launched stone without touching the lines.

Hide and seekbecause they played alltogether in the open air.

FATHERFAVOURITE GAMES:

Two of my father’s favourite games were:

“MURETTO”: this game consisted in dropping a football sticker from a wall and letting it fall on the floor. All players had to repeat the same operation. Those who were able to drop their stickers on those belonging to the other players would win all the stickers.

“THE DEVIL AND THE FOUR CORNERS GAME”: It is a game played by 5 people. All the players but one occupy corners of a room, or certain goals in the open air, and exchange places. The one without a corner endeavors to get a corner while it is vacant, leaving some other without one.

FAVOURITE GAMES:My grandma’s favourite games were:

PICCHETTO: they used five small stones. The stones were placed on the ground quite close to each other. Then, you had to throw one of the stones in the air, collect all the other stones with the same hand and catch the one that had been thrown in the air before it fell on the ground.

CERCHIO: you took a bike wheel rim and made it run, pushing it and trying to keep it in balance with the help of an iron stick. The player who managed to make his/her own “circle” run the farthest won.

GRANDMOTHER

GRANDFATHERFAVOURITE GAMES:

My grandfather’s favourite games were:

SMALL PILE: in this game you used some small clay balls. There would be a pile made with some of the balls and the purpose was to hit this pile with the small clay balls. The player who managed to drop the whole pile won the game.

SMALL AIRPLANES: my grandfather used to build small airplanes using the leaves of bamboo canes. The winner was the player who would launch the airplane the farthest.

MEMY FAVOURITE GAMES:

My favourite games are:

Playing soccer with my friends at the small field by the local church.

Playing Pro Evolution Soccer on my playstation.