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The game of Leap-frog is an eternal game.

It is old, almost as the whole human history, and well known all around the globe.

We played it, just like our grandmothers and grandfathers before us, our children are playing it, or will play it probably, and I think that even our grandsons and their`s also, would play this game too.

And it is so funny, innocent, healthy and safe, allways keeping the good mood of all the players.

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 I thought that the best way of building and keeping this site would be with a little help of all of You.     

Anyhow, this game is mutual, it`s belongs to all of us, isn`t it ?

 Please, send me Your pictures of playing leap-frog, with a little description: who, than, what was the feeling , or just send me Your memories of this game I mean : what is the name of this game in Your country, What are the rules, why do You liked it, what did you mostly liked in a game what did You mostly unlike, what was Your`s speciality, or so

 I would publish your contributions frequently

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Basicly, there are three well-known ways of playing this game :

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 1 All over one
 
All players are leaping in the line, one after another - and one has to stay still, bended, with a lower head, for being leaped by all others.
They are leaping like this untill one of them make a mystake, and than, that one is changing a place with the previous IT, giving his back and the game is continuing.
 The most funny momment in this sort is that by the rules, in the every next turn, all the players has to perform some obliged tasks while leaping, all in a line, like first like the last ; for ex. - to land on one foot, to land in a squat, to press with one hand, to kick a little the bottom of a bended player by the heel while leaping, and so many others,skilfull funs.
 Or - in the every next turn, the bended player is placing a little bit higher, untill somebody cannot leap over.

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  2 All in arround and round

 All the players are leaping,and all the players are bending.They are all in a circle or in the line so - one is leaping all others and than, after leaping over the last one in the line, he is taking the bended position for the others, and the last player from the other side of a line or a circle is starting to leap over.

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3 Buck-buck

Basicly, there is also a game of the buck-buck. Somehow, it is a sort of this game, or something similar according to the temper, but also funny and well known.                                                                                                          There are two teams of the players. One is making the breadge of the bended backs and the members of the other team are leaping on their`s backs, one by one. The target is to drive the bridge to fall down, so if they suceeded, the same team is leaping againe, but if they stand it without falling, they are changing places and the second team is now leaping.

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Of course, if you know some other different way or sort of this game, please - feel free to contact us.

 

We are waiting Your memories and pictures !

 

 

 

 

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How is it called in a various countries:

 

US  -  leap-frog, chasing the white horse
Russia   -  cheharda
France   -  saute-mouton
Italy   -  cavallina, asino
Germany    -  bockspringen
Sweden  -  hoppa-bock, bockhoppning
Finland  -  pukkihyppy
Spaine  -  pidola, saltacabrilla
Nederland  -  bokspring
Belgium  -  haasje-over, saute-mouton
Norway  -  hoper-bukk
Turkey   -  birdirbir
Bulgaria  - preskoci-kobila
Czeck  -  skakani pres kozu
Polland  -  skok przez plecy
Croatia  -  kozlica, trule-kobile
Latvia  -  kukurini
Greece  -  varelakia, kavvales
Brazil, Portugal  - carnica
Romania  - capra, lapte-gros
Hungaria  - bacugras