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A list of all pages that have property "Description" with value "<p>"As a rule, boys played rougher games. One of them was the competitive<em>Kichke-pale</em> or <em>Chizshkes,</em> as it was known in the Polesie region. <em>Kichke-pale</em> was an East European Jewish version of cricket or baseball, and was similar to the English game called <em>Peggy.</em> The <em>kichke</em> was a small peg pointed at both ends, while the <em>pale</em> was the longer stick. The <em>kichke</em> was placed on an elevated spot, near a hole in the ground. The player would hit the pointed end of the peg with the larger stick that would send the peg flying into the air. He would then run and again try to hit the peg while it was airborne, to send it farther away from the plate. The more times one hit the peg, the more skilled the player. The other player would run to get the peg and throw it to the plate. The peg was not to be struck on its return to the plate. But if it were not successfully returned, the first player would then strike the peg wherever it happened to fall. This would continue until the second player got the peg back to the plate, after which he became the striker and the other player, the catcher. The game would go on until the second player scored a given number of hits of the peg, usually twenty or thirty. The loser would then have to give the winner what was called a <em>yarsh,</em> which meant that the winner would have the right to strike the peg even when it was being returned to the plate. The <em>yarsh</em> would end when the peg fell on the plate."</p>". Since there have been only a few results, also nearby values are displayed.

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