The game of conkers is played with a horse-chestnut seed with a string threaded through it. Conkers is a traditional children's game in Great Britain and Ireland played using the seeds of horse chestnut trees—the name 'conker' is also applied to the seed and to the tree itself.
Horse chestnut trees are beautiful ornamental plants. They produce a nut-like seed called a conker that is used to play a traditional game known as conkers.
Conkers are edible by deer, cattle and not surprisingly, horses. The first recorded game of conkers was on the Isle of Wight in 1848 and was modelled on a 15th century game played with hazelnuts, also known as cobnuts.
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Conkers is a game where conkers are hung on string and struck against each other. Played between two players, each player takes it in turn to strike their opponent's conker with their own. Points are then given on whether the conker survives. A winning conker is highly prized.
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