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Croquet

Also known as Jeu de mail

Croquet: photograph by UBC Library Digitization Centre
Photo: UBC Library Digitization Centre, No restrictions, source on Wikimedia Commons

Strike balls with a mallet through hoops in order, using roquet and croquet shots to send opponents' balls away.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of United Kingdom, Ireland, France.

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 Celtic and Atlantic Europe.

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