Tabas y peonzas en el País Vasco

Urquijo Ibarra, Julio de

Publication year:

1924

Publication place:

París

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Summary

The author tries to find the relation between the game of the knucklebones and that of the "perinola" since both are called "sapakon" in different places. There is another game that is called knucklebone that consists on throwing an only knucklebone and according to the side that falls you win or lose, this game is quite similar to the "perinola" and it is possibly the union between knucklebones and "perinola". The way the knucklebones are called in different places of the Basque Country and a description of the game are given