Thursday, August 18, 2011

The Game of Graces

The Game of Graces was invented in the early 19th century to be a proper exercise for young ladies. It is played by two people at a time, each with a pair of dowels. There is a hoop that one player tosses by pulling the dowels apart and the other attempts to catch with her two dowels. The first player to catch ten tosses wins a game.
It's more difficult than it looks!
A supposed additional benefit of the game was teaching girls to be graceful.
It turns out to be fun to watch, too. Even this Mountie was taken in by it.

3 comments:

  1. Fascinating. I've never heard it before but it looks fun.

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  2. I don't somehow think I'd look very graceful doing that!

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  3. I'm enjoying your visit to the Frozen Head park!

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