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My Italian course book mentions 'il gioco delle Bacole'. It seems to be a children's game played with stones. There is one page of the book in which some children play it at Piazza Armerina (Sicily).

Can anyone please describe what this game is about? I have looked online using both English and Italian language search engines but I am none the wiser.

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  • In which context does this game appears in your book? May you add some more information?
    – Charo ♦
    Jan 22 '20 at 21:54
  • Are you sure there isn't a typo or something? The word is absent from all main dictionaries. I also checked the two main Italian specialised dictionaries about games (Dossena and Angiolino-Sidoti), and it doesn't appear there either.
    – DaG
    Jan 23 '20 at 9:04
  • @DaG: It appears at GDLI.
    – Charo ♦
    Jan 23 '20 at 10:14
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    Cfr., per il manuale di cui forse si parla: happylanguages.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/…
    – Benedetta
    Jan 23 '20 at 12:34
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    @Benedetta has provided a link to the page of the course book. The game is shown in illustration number 3.
    – Richard Beasley
    Jan 23 '20 at 15:13

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