1 ITEM FOUND
Conkers
Find a conker from your local horse-chesnut tree, usually found around October each year.
Shell the conker, it is contained within a soft shell with pointy needles around it.
Once shelled drill a hole through the middle big enough to thread a shoelace or string.
String should be around 12 inches long or best thing is to use a shoelace.
Tie a knot at one end and thread the string/shoelace through the drilled hole.
One player dangles their conker at the bottom of the string in their outstretched arm.
The other player then attempts to hit the conker with their own. This is done by holding the conker in one hand while tensioning the string, let go of the conker and swing it over and down onto the opponents conker.
If the conker is struck then you get another go. If you miss then it is your opponents turn to swing at your conker.
If the either conker breaks then the the points are awarded to the surviving conker.
Scoring
Conkers start life as noners, or none-ers. They have not yet played.
If you play and beat a none-er then your conker becomes a oner or one-er.
If your conker is a two-er and you play and beat a three-er then your conker becomes a six-er. One point for beating them plus their original score.
Posted by: David Radisic
ALTERNATE RULES
Some people tie knots in the top of their shoelace/string to indicate how many times they have won.
Some people take turns in striking whether they hit their opponents conker or not.
Posted by: David Radisic
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Gallitos - Puerto Rico Posted by: Anon
ORIGINS
The first recorded game of Conkers using horse chestnuts was on the Isle of Wight in 1848.
Prior to this time children did play a similar game using hazelnuts and snail shells which may also indicate where the name came from as the nineteenth-century dialectal word conker means snail-shell.
Posted by: Anon
Shell the conker, it is contained within a soft shell with pointy needles around it.
Once shelled drill a hole through the middle big enough to thread a shoelace or string.
String should be around 12 inches long or best thing is to use a shoelace.
Tie a knot at one end and thread the string/shoelace through the drilled hole.
One player dangles their conker at the bottom of the string in their outstretched arm.
The other player then attempts to hit the conker with their own. This is done by holding the conker in one hand while tensioning the string, let go of the conker and swing it over and down onto the opponents conker.
If the conker is struck then you get another go. If you miss then it is your opponents turn to swing at your conker.
If the either conker breaks then the the points are awarded to the surviving conker.
Scoring
Conkers start life as noners, or none-ers. They have not yet played.
If you play and beat a none-er then your conker becomes a oner or one-er.
If your conker is a two-er and you play and beat a three-er then your conker becomes a six-er. One point for beating them plus their original score.
Posted by: David Radisic
ALTERNATE RULES
Some people tie knots in the top of their shoelace/string to indicate how many times they have won.
Some people take turns in striking whether they hit their opponents conker or not.
Posted by: David Radisic
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
Gallitos - Puerto Rico Posted by: Anon
ORIGINS
The first recorded game of Conkers using horse chestnuts was on the Isle of Wight in 1848.
Prior to this time children did play a similar game using hazelnuts and snail shells which may also indicate where the name came from as the nineteenth-century dialectal word conker means snail-shell.
Posted by: Anon
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