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Question 1: Where did you play games mostly in your childhood?

Въпрос 1: Къде играехте най-често в своето детство

a - on the playground/на игрището 2

b - on the street/на улицата 50

c - at home/вкъщи 12

d - other/друго 0

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Question 2: Who did you play with mostly in your childhood?

Въпрос 2: С кого играехте най-често в своето детство

a - Friends in same neighbourhood/приятели от квартала 50b - Children of the relatives/деца на роднини 6c - My own sister(s) and brother(s)/с брат или сестра 8

d - other/друго 0

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Question 3: What were most popular 3 outdoor games in your childhood?

Въпрос 3: Кои са трите най-популярни игри на открито на Вашето детство

Hide and seek/Криеница 46Dodgeball/Народна топка 38Tag/Гоненица 16Dama/Дама 14Rope skipping/Скачане на въже 12Jumping over elastic band/Ластик 10Football/Футбол 6Gendarmes and thieves/Стражари и апаши 4Blind Granny/Сляпа баба 4Tip-Cat/Челик 3

Question 4: What were most popular 3 indoor games in your childhood?

Въпрос 4: Кои са трите най-популярни игри на закрито на Вашето детство

Man, don't get annoyedбНе се сърди човече 27Puppets/Кукли 25Black Peter/Черен Петър 15Dominoes/Домино 8Nine Men's morris/Дама 8Drawing/Рисуване 6Cities/Градове 7Immitation games/Подражателни игри 5Chess/Шах 5Kralyu Portalyu/Кралю Порталю 4

Question 5: How did you get toys in your childhood?Въпрос 5: Как получавахте играчките си в своето

детствоa - Parents and grandparents bought the toys/родителите, бабите и дядовците ги купуваха 32b - We used to create our own toys/правехме свои собствени играчки 31c - I did not have any toys in my childhood/не съм имал играчки в детството си 1

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Криеница Hide and seekНародна топка Dodgeball/People’s ball

Гоненица TagДама Dama

Скачане на въже Rope skippingЛастик Jumping over elastic bandФутбол Football

Стражари и апаши Gendarmes and thievesСляпа баба Blind Granny

Челик Chelik/Tip-CatНе се сърди човече Man, don't get annoyedКукли PuppetsЧерен Петър Black PeterДомино DominoesДама Nine Men's morrisРисуване DrawingГрадове CitiesПодражателни игри Immitation gamesШах ChessКралю порталю Kralyu Portalyu

DodgeballDodgeball was originally played in Africa over two hundred years ago, but instead of the fun, jocular game that it is today, it was in fact a deadly game. Instead of using soft, rubber balls, the game was actually played with large rocks or putrefied matter, and it was used as an intense work out for the tribes, where each competitor would attempt to hit their opponent with the rock to injury or incapacitate them. Once a player was hit, they would attempt to be pelted by further rocks to finish them off. It would be the responsibility of the team mates of the fallen competitor to try and defend him and force the attackers off with their own rocks. This would said to be a great way to encourage the tribesman to work together during skirmishes against other tribes, working to take out the weak and protect their own.

Rope skipping

'Jumping a rope' has been practiced for centuries around the whole world. The first skilled rope makers emerged from early China and a game called Hundred Rope Jumping was one of the favourite sports during the Chinese New Year Festival. Rope was used for skipping in Phoenicia, and ancient Egypt. The Greeks jumped a pole in the early days of the Western civilization, and several painters in the Golden Ages painted children playing with a rope.Rope Skipping (or Jump Rope) originated in the Netherlands from where it has probably been imported to Bulgaria.

Football

Blind Granny

As this is a very simple game that does not need special skills or preparation, no historical evidence is to be found about it. It may have emerged long ago or not. It is a game that is played by children all across Europe.

Chelik/Tip-cat

The game dates back to the 17th century and in the 19th century became very popular in Great Britain. It may be assumed that it was brought to Bulgaria by the English missionaries in the late 19th century.

Man, don't get annoyedThe game was invented by Josef Friedrich Schmidt, an employee of the city of Munich who had three bored children to entertain at home. He devised the game with dice and counters and played it happily with an ever-widening circle, including his neighbours' children.After a couple of years of this amateur fun, he decided to put it on the market. It only took off during World War One.Schmidt had the very bright idea of making hundreds of copies of the game and giving them to hospitals used by the war-wounded. Sales haven't slowed down in the succeeding century.

Puppets

Playing with puppets is maybe as old as the world. The imitation of the mother by the girl is a form of up-bringing so this game originates from the earliest societies of mankind.

Dominoes

The oldest confirmed written mention of dominoes in China comes from the Former Events in Wulin (i.e. the capital Hangzhou) written by the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368) author Zhou Mi (1232–1298), who listed pupai (gambling plaques or dominoes), as well as dice as items sold by peddlers during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of Song (r. 1162–1189). Andrew Lo asserts that Zhou Mi meant dominoes when referring to pupai, since the Ming author Lu Rong(1436–1494) explicitly defined pupai as dominoes. The game was popular in the Ottoman Empire and was brought to Bulgaria by the merchants who travelled cross the empire.

Nine Men's morrisThe earliest known board for the game includes diagonal lines and was "cut into the roofing slabs of the temple at Kurna in Egypt" c. 1400 BCE. One of the earliest mentions of the game may be in Ovid's Ars Amatoria. The game was probably well known by the Romans, as there are many boards on Roman buildings, even though dating them is impossible because the buildings have been easily accessible since they were built. It is possible that the Romans were introduced to the game via trade routes, but this cannot be proven.

Kralyu Portalyu To be more fun it is appropriate to have at least 6-7 children. Two stand against each other, grab their hands and raise them, making a "gate" to each other. The other children pass one after another through the "gate" while singing the song "My king-Portalyu, open gates that will let the royal army go. Open, close, only one leave. Spoon, bowl, pan, trap”. As they spell "Scoop, dish pan, trap 'hands go up and down. Whosoever falls into "the trap" finally must choose which team to go with. This is repeated until all children are allocated. Then the two teams line up one behind the other and begin to pull each other. The winner is the team that manages to pull the other and knock the players to the ground.