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[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms drinking whiskey and playing cards] (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Andrei Goncharik said:

  flickr.com/photos/193005003@N06/52450902549/in/photolist-...

Party after a game of bocce, Thulimbah, ca. 1949

from State Library of Queensland

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  You can think of modern bowling as a distant cousin of bocce. The Latin word bottia (ball) is the root of the Italian word boccia or bocce. During a game a ball is either rolled or tossed underhanded down a long lane with the aim of coming to rest near a smaller target ball called a pallino or boccino. Many people, such as Galileo and DaVinci, played bocce during the Renaissance, seeing its benefits to mind and body. It was also played by emperors, admirals, generals, poets, sculptors and scientists. Bocce was also exported to many countries by Italian migrants, and remains popular with bocce courts and clubs throughout the world. No one really knows how old bocce is. There were stone balls found in Turkey that date to 9,000 B.C. Some say bocce dates back to ancient Egypt (5,200 B.C.), but others argue that Greece was its birthplace around 600 B.C. When you really think about the simplest game a child can play – tossing a stone – you might think of bocce as the very first game man ever played. Even the child’s game of Marbles is based on bocce. Source: orderisda.org/culture/sports/italian-sport-the-history-of...

Two children playing cricket

from State Library of Queensland

• Vesna Verencevic said:

  Cricket is a game that can be started at an early age and can go far into a mature age. Can be a good childhood playful activity, or even a competitive sport with equal involvement of boys and girls, women and men.