|
|
| The leaves of the horse chestnut are large and drooping. This tree is also a favourite with children. In late summer it produces a large, hard brown fruit which we colloquially call a 'conker'. You can't eat conkers but for many generations children have collected them to play a game. They drill a hole right through the conker and thread a string through it, held in place with a knot. One child holds the conker at the end of it's string. The other child holds his own conker by the string and tries to break the first conker by hitting it with their conker. You take it in turns to hit each conker, until one breaks and the game is over. Of course the one with the surviving conker is the winner! |
| トチノキの葉は大きくて垂れ下がっています。子供たちもこの木はお気に入りです。夏になると大きくてかたい茶色のトチの実をつけ、その実はconkerと呼ばれます。食べることはできません。昔から、子供たちはトチの実を集めて遊びました。トチの実に穴をあけ、糸を通し、糸に結び目を作って実を留めます。糸をつけたトチの実を、他の子のトチの実にぶつけてその実をこわそうとします。順番に互いの実をぶつけあい、実がこわれたところでゲームは終わり。もちろん、実をこわされずに生き残ったほうが勝ちです。
- thread 糸を通す- horse chestnut セイヨウトチノキ - droop 垂れ下がる |
