Foxes
Fuchsen (also tinkering , ditschen , groschenklick , kitschen , jingling , ringing , clipping , natzen , nippern , pfennigfuchsen , pimpern , pingeln , peeing , pinching , shackling , cheating or shoving , weaving ) is the name of a game of skill that is all about to throw a coin (alternatively other flat, round objects such as metal discs, buttons or crown caps ) at a wall from a previously agreed distance , in such a way that the coin remains as close as possible to it. In some variants of the game, this competition is followed by a second phase in which the coins are distributed.
In Germany it is mainly used as a children's game. In the UK, on the other hand, it was a common game among adults who played it outdoors or in pubs. In some cases, bystanders concluded money bets on the course of the game; the game also experienced police persecution here.
Course of the game
As with all games that were originally passed down orally, there are no generally applicable rules . In many versions of the game from the German-speaking area, the following applies: At a distance of 1.50 to 3 m in front of a wall, a throwing line is drawn. One after the other, all those who are playing (2 or more people), standing or kneeling behind this line, throw their coins as close as possible to the wall. The person whose coin is closest to the wall wins. In some versions of the game, she is allowed to keep other players' coins.
In a variant, the aim of the toss is not to get as close to the wall as possible, but to land the coin as close as possible to a coin that is already lying on the wall. Whoever manages to get within a range or closer to another coin has won it.
In more complex versions of the game, throwing it at the wall only serves to determine the order in which the other players can try to win as many of the coins used in the game as possible in the following phase. This can be done by the winner of the first phase throwing up all coins and determining whether he wants to keep heads or tails, i.e. the coins with the announced side facing up ( coin toss ). Depending on their rank, the other players can then do the same with the remaining coins one after the other. Alternatively, however, more skill can be required: You first throw up all the coins and try to catch as many as possible on the back of your hand. This is thrown up again, this time to grab it by hand. You can only keep the captured coins. With those who have fallen, it is the turn of who threw the second best in the first phase. So all players can try one after the other to catch and win as many coins as possible.
Instead of winning the coins (or other throwing objects) of the other players, you can also score according to a point system.
history
Games with coins have been known since ancient times. Various games with throwing discs have also come down to us from the Middle Ages. An exact time of origin for the fox in the rules described here cannot be determined. Sources from England state that it was known at least from the beginning of the 18th century when miners played this and other games in their districts, although prohibited in public and punished by the law enforcement officers.
The principle of throwing against a wall and getting as close as possible to a target is also used in the game of marbles and is also known as wall marbles .
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literature
- Hermann Wagner: Illustrated playbook for boys . Leipzig: Spamer 1864, p. 112f., Nos. 319 and 320 ("Striking", "throwing discs"). Digitized
- Mark Clapson: A bit of a flutter. Popular gambling and English society c. 1823-1961 . Manchester, University Press, 1992, pp. 79-85. ( 'Pitch and toss' )
- Arthur Taylor: Played at the Pub. The pub games of Britain. Swindon: English Heritage 2009, pp. 126-127.
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- ↑ a b Mark Clapson: A bit of a flutter. Popular gambling and English society c. 1823-1961 . Manchester, University Press, 1992, pp. 79-85. ( 'Pitch and toss' )
- ↑ Arthur Taylor: Played at the Pub. The pub games of Britain. Swindon: English Heritage 2009, pp. 126-127.
- ↑ Description of the game for Penny Pitch at www.nelson.usf.edu ( Memento of the original from September 5, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. engl.
- ↑ Throwing coins , kindergeburtstag-spiele.de
- ↑ a b Detlef Albrecht: Knickern, Schabbeln, Buden , derwesten.de, June 19, 2015
- ↑ a b Hermann Wagner: Illustrated playbook for boys . Leipzig: Spamer 1864, p. 112, No. 319. Digitized
- ^ Robert E. Lembke : The great house and family book of games. Lingen Verlag, Cologne, no date; P. 53.
- ↑ a b c d Volksliederarchiv.de: throw buttons (hit)
- ↑ a b Volksliederarchiv.de: Spengeln
- ↑ a b Hans Lehrer: Pfennig Schutz'n (2013)
- ↑ a b c d M "unzwurfspiel (summary) , contribution by J. Fassbinder from September 12, 1994 in the newsgroup de.etc.sprache.deutsch
- ↑ a b Fönsel , anonymous entry from 2008 on sprachnudel.de
- ↑ a b numiscontrol: "Klimpern" on the school grounds (muenzenwoche.de, 2012)
- ↑ a b Fuchsen , gruppenspiele-hits.de
- ↑ Fabian Müller & Sylvestre Jonquay: Les Jeux au Moyen Age. Édition enrichie et complétée. Ed. La Muse, 2016. ISBN 978-2-9553607-5-0 , pp. 119-124.
- ^ Austrian folk dictionary
- ↑ Norbert FJ Tischelmayer: Back then in Mühlbach: carving a pipe, walking barefoot, stealing cherries. Memories of my childhood 1945-1959. 2nd ext. Norderstedt: Books on Demand 2019, p. 60.
- ↑ Axel Hacke: And what am I doing now ?, Tagesspiegel Online, June 13, 2004 ( Memento from May 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Sandra Alisch: Casino evening (including foxing coins on the wall ) ( Memento from September 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Cf. Fünsel “throwing money” in the Rhenish dictionary
- ↑ Otto-Gerd Wolfseher: The Secret Annex Banker: Childhood in the bad old days. epubli 2012.
