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Horseshoe pitching

Also known as Horseshoes

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Pitch a horseshoe about 40 ft at a stake: ringers score 3, closest shoe 1, first to 21.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of United States, Canada. Animals are partners in this tradition; good care and local rules always come first.

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 The Americas: North America.

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