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Pastimes

Pastimes. By: Abby Lowe & Ashley Neal. SPORTS. Swimming. Allowed to try and drown opponent Sometimes swam with armor Underwater endurance competitions. Ball Games . Knatteleikr- form of hockey or hurling Soppleik- form of cricket. Running Wrestling Jumping Skiing / Skating

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Pastimes

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  1. Pastimes By: Abby Lowe & Ashley Neal

  2. SPORTS

  3. Swimming Allowed to try and drown opponent Sometimes swam with armor Underwater endurance competitions

  4. Ball Games • Knatteleikr- form of hockey or hurling • Soppleik- form of cricket

  5. Running Wrestling Jumping Skiing / Skating Horse racing Weight lifting Archery Hunting / Fishing Weapon fighting Rowing / Sailing ‘Skin pulling’- Tug of War Animal fighting Rock climbing Other Sports

  6. Games • Nine Mans Morris • Backgammon • Fox and Geese • Hnaftafl • Chess • Knucklebones / Five Stones –form of Jacks • Riddling

  7. Riddles I'm told a certain object growsin the corner, rises and expands, throws upa crust. A proud wife carried offthat boneless wonder, the daughter of a kingcovered that swollen thing with a cloth. On the way a miracle: water become bone.

  8. Children • Singing and Dancing • Challenging each other with Riddles • Dolls • Wooden Swords • Wood carving

  9. Other Pastimes • Whittling wood • Bone work • Embroidery • Juggling

  10. Music & Verse • Storytelling • Singing • Musicians • Dancing

  11. Sources • http://www2.bc.edu/~lewbel/jugweb/history-1.html • http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/anglosaxons/index.shtml • http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/daily_living/text/knattleikr.htm • http://www.octavia.net/9thclife/PastimesGames.htm • http://www.regia.org/pastimes.htm • http://worldhistory.pppst.com/anglo-saxons.html

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