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- This page is about the children's game of Conkers; Conker is also the name of a video game character. For the fruit, see Common Horse-chestnut. For the console game featuring the character Conker, see Conker's Bad Fur Day and Live & Reloaded
Conker is the name used in Britain, Ireland and some former British colonies for the nuts of the Common Horse-chestnut tree, when used in a game traditionally played by children, Conkers. The name comes from the nineteenth-century dialectal word conker meaning snail-shell (related to French conque meaning a conch), as the game was originally played using snail shells. The name may also be influenced by the verb conquer, as the game was also called conquerors. Conkers are also known regionally as "obblyonkers" or "cheggies".
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@janiebear The ungodly wretches take conkers from school kids, remove palm trees from resorts (http://bit.ly/5vkL6Q) but leave death traps
markcsquire (Mark C. Squire) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:47:32 -0000
@janiebear The ungodly wretches take conkers from school kids, remove palm trees from resorts (http://bit.ly/5vkL6Q) but leave death traps
RT @KewGardens: What records do you think it would be fun to break at Kew Gardens? World's biggest game of conkers? Ideas please!
IdeasForTheKids (IdeasForTheKids.com) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 08:51:50 -0000
RT @KewGardens: What records do you think it would be fun to break at Kew Gardens? World's biggest game of conkers? Ideas please!
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BBC News: Conkers Hit by Legal Fears - Playground favourites such as conkers are being banned because schools fear they will be sued if children get injured, says a survey.
Meta Description: [ Playground favourites such as conkers are being banned because schools fear they will be sued if children get injured, says a survey. ]
Conkers - Information about the game and how to play.
Meta Description: [ http://uk.geocities.com/spottus2002/ - improve your conkers knowledge ]
Federation Francaise de Conkers - Offers history and information on the game, including the world and regional championships.
Meta Description: [ Tout sur les championnats de conkers, ce sport international excentrique et méconnu du grand public. ]
How to Play Conkers - Rules of the game, interesting facts, and how conkers is played over the world.
Meta Description: [ How to play the game of conkers played in many school playgrounds. ]
World Series Conker Competition - Photographs of people playing conkers.
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