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Chickenfoot

Also known as Train Dominoes · Mexican Train

Chickenfoot: photograph by Liko81
Photo: Liko81, CC BY 3.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Spinner-hub family domino games where players build branching lines; Chickenfoot adds forked 'feet'.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of United States.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Crossroads and Golden Ages (about 500 to 1500), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: North America.

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