[MR] Re: Buck Buck!

[Sharon Henderson]

Charles Fleming scripsit:

In the bottom right corner of Pieter Breugel the Elder's "Children's Games"(1560 AD), these kids are playing a game that modern folks call "Buck Buck" or "Johnny on the Pony."  I used to love this game, and we knew it was good when the school banned it.

Have any of you every played it?

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Charles,

I did--a LOT--up in Carolingia when I was a little and definitely NOT in the SCA, which would not be born for a few years yet.  ;-)  But then Meli is an Olde Phart....  :-)

We had a few girls, myself included, but mostly boys... though none of us had a secret weapon.  <g>

I'm delighted to know it is a period game, and wish I was in shape to play it.  Alas, one of the Bad Things about growing older is that one becomes, ahem, a little more fragile as the years creep by...  :-)

Still beats all heck out of the alternative, but still.  Johnny on the Pony was a childhood Good Memory, and I thank you for reviving it.  :-)

in service,
Meli
Stierbach, by way of Carolingia

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