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Frisian Road Bowling

Also known as Boßeln · Klootschießen

Frisian Road Bowling: photograph by Hartmut Schmidt Heidelberg
Photo: Hartmut Schmidt Heidelberg, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Teams throw a small rubber-and-steel ball along a country road; the team that gets farthest in the fewest throws wins; use of curves and gutters decides.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Ireland, Netherlands, Germany.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Age of Contact and Craft (about 1500 to 1800), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Celtic and Atlantic Europe.

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