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Krulbol

Also known as Rolle Bolle · Flemish Curve Bowls

Krulbol: photograph by VlaS
Photo: VlaS, CC0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Roll a flat, off-centre disc so it curves around the lane and stops as close as possible to a stake, in teams.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Belgium, Netherlands.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Classical Worlds (about 1000 BCE to 500 CE), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Celtic and Atlantic Europe.

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