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Show ROLL CHEESES IN GAME Used hy Italians and Taken to Bo Eaten by Winners. An American passing Thomas .TefTer-son .TefTer-son park recently was struct: with the actlCIi of a group of Italtai'fl standing in the middle of the park. They were domg something unusual to his eyes. One of them shouted "Gamba!" which th- spectator was informed afterward meant "Lerrs!" or. in :h- American venarular, 'Down from'- The group scattered little a disk several inches C tck. a foot or more In diameter on.l a dirty shade of yellow In color, rolled across the pebbled ground from its center. The heavy disk ploughed Us way for several rods toward i V t mark. It fell over on its side several f , i rhort of the mark Ont of the men marked the snut at which its Journey ended. atlU llle cneeae. lur suin iuc ui-iv proved to be. was carried back to the group A sc. ond man took it up, mu h as he would a bowling ball, and, shouting shout-ing "Gamba!" at a grimy Italian youngster who had run toward the mark Which the last roller hud attaint at-taint d be threw It forward on Its edge. He peal the first roller by several Inches. The olhef. In turn rolled thi cheest . some sending it beyond, some falling short. The man whu bud tidied the cheese nearest o the mark tucked the disk. ndV somewhat grimy from much trundling over the ground of Unpack, Un-pack, under his arm and walked away with H. The spectator, much interested, talked with one of the Italians who could speak English with some degree of intelltgi nee, and found that they had been playing one of several games which are played with chec9es In southern south-ern Ilalv Bach of them had paid the piper after the fashion In Italy by contributing to the purchase price ol the cheese, with the understanding that he who won should have It as his reward. re-ward. Bating a cheese after it has done service as 8 road toller has no terrors for the southern Italian. This son of southern Italy explained that at the cuccagna, or "time killer. " as his compatriots aptly term an afternoon after-noon Of spoi is. the formaggio. or ch. see, Is frequently found on the sporting field. At the Feta della Madonna, or the Feast of the Madonna, in Abruzzl, ('a-labrla, ('a-labrla, which has so lately been turned Into a land of mourning by the earthquake earth-quake and storms, and ai PuKiie. it is no unusual thing to sec a man diligently trying to shin up a grease besmeared pole. While some might think that the two caxdocavalll stuck on top were not sufficient reward for soaking one's i lothefl with grease, the Italian floes not hesltat i this, sccounl to undertake the task of reaching the small cheeses, The caclocavallo Is B small cheese. Shaped somewhat like an Incandescent electric llghi globe. The Italians use ibis cheese In anothsr game, which develop de-velop Hi - biceps They throw It with all the mlrjhl and main of the man who jumped Into P. bramble bush. Each thrower endeavors to surpass Ihe throw ,,r the othei i w ,! the hope of Bet ur- ing the choose after nil have tested their ability. The "mellowed" cheese Is borne Oil by toe winner to be eaten. For him. In more senses than one, It hi- .i seasoning which no new cheese could have New York Tribune. |
