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Encyclopedia ID 725

Shinny

Also known as Double ball · Hoop and stick · Pond hockey

Shinny: photograph by John Boyd
Photo: John Boyd, Public domain, source on Wikimedia Commons

Informal stick-and-ball team game on field or ice, parent of modern hockey in some narratives.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of United States, Canada.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of The Americas: North America.

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