[359] Die Reize des Spiels, p. 131.
[360] I remember a serious fight between two boys of about fifteen, in which the stronger was content to throw the other over and over again and quietly let him regain his feet.
[361] In the fight between Odysseus and Ajax the position of the contestants was compared to the sidewise posture of two sparring dogs.
[362] Von den Steinen, Unter den Naturvolken Central-Brasiliens, pp. 127, 383.
[363] Among the Greeks throwing three times was the rule.
[364] H. A. Berlepsch, Die Alpen, p. 417.
[365] Some of the succeeding examples are taken from M. Zettler’s article on prize lighting in Euler’s encykl. Handbd. ges. Turnwesens.
[366] In Switzerland this play is called Katzenstriegel. Grown boys try to pull each other over thresholds in this way.
[367] When Milon, of Croton, held an apple in his fingers, it was said to be impossible to get the fruit away from him, or to bend even his little finger.
[368] Fr. Fedde’s article Griechenland, in C. Euler’s encykl. Handb. d. ges. Turnwesens.