(South Africa) A children’s (boy’s) game where a short stick is flipped into the air by a longer stick, batted and hopefully caught by ‘fielders’.
The two men are playing a Boer sport called kennetjie, using a length of broomstick as the bat, on which is balanced a small piece of wood that serves as the 'ball'.
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(South Africa) The short stick used in this game.
Instead we played kennetjie in the yard with a small piece of wood, which we flipped with a stick, and struck into the air.
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