![]() ![]() Then they switch roles, and "the rock" rises a bit each time they switch. ![]() One player, acting as "the goat", leaps over the back of the other player, who plays the role of "the rock/mountain". In China this game is known as "跳山羊"(literally "leap goat"), which is played in pairs. In Dutch it is called "bokspringen" (literally "goatjumping" a 'bok' is a male goat) or "haasje-over" (literally "hare-over"). In Italy the game is called "la cavallina" (i.e. In India it is known as "Aar Ghodi Ki Par Ghodi" (meaning "horseleap"). The French version of this game is called saute-mouton (literally "leapsheep"), and the Romanian is called capra ("mounting rack" or "goat"). When all the players are stooping, the last in the line begins leaping over all the others in turn. On landing he stoops down and a third leaps over the first and second, and the fourth over all others successively. The next player places hands on the first's back and leaps over by straddling legs wide apart on each side. The first participant rests their hands on knees and bends over, which is called giving a back. Games of this sort have been called by this name since at least the late sixteenth century. ![]()
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