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- Egg_tossing abstract "Egg tossing, egg toss, or egg throwing is a game associated with Easter. The egg was a symbol of the rebirth of the earth in Pagan celebrations of spring and was adopted by early Christians as a symbol of the rebirth of man at Easter.In one version of the game the idea is to toss an egg so it falls on the ground without breaking. This is possible on, for example, grassy meadows. In Germany, children invented a way to spin the egg during the toss so that it lands on its tip still spinning.In medieval Britain there was an egg throwing festival held in the churches at Easter. The priest would give out one hard-boiled egg which was tossed around the nave of the church and the choirboy who was holding the egg when the clock struck twelve would get to keep it.Dutch children play a game called "egg sales" in which one child sells an egg to another. The new owner then throws the egg in the grass and if it doesn't break it must be returned to the seller.Egg tossing is also known as a team competition with basically the following rules, although the exact details may vary. One member of a two-person team tosses an egg to another. If the egg does not break, they step apart and the toss is repeated. The contest continues until one egg is left unbroken. (A popular variation uses water balloons.)On July 4, 2011, in Grangeville, Idaho, the world record for the number of persons participating in an egg toss was set, with 2,130 persons participating.An egg throwing feat was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records: on November 12, 1978 a Johnny Dell Foley successfully tossed a fresh hen's egg for a distance of 323 ft 2in (98.51m) to a Keith Thomas at Jewett, Texas. The record was undefeated until at least 1999. Since 2000 the feat is no longer listed in the book.Since the world record in Egg Throwing hasn't been recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records since 1999, the World Egg Throwing Federation, based in Swaton, England, now certifies official world records. The world record in Egg Throwing was held until May 19, 2013 by the Dutchmen Andries Smink and Hillebrand Visser with a certified distance of throw and catch of 69.5 mtrs (228.01837 ft) thrown on August 17, 2012. May 19 2013 the Irish 'Wild' Willie O'Donevan and 'Big' Warren McElhone set a new world record at the Irish National Open of 71.2 meters. The official WETF World Record was set on May 23, 2014 by the brothers Andries and Bauke Jetze Smink, at 76,27 meters (250.22ft)The Hagerstown Suns have hosted the annual National Egg Toss Championship since 2005.A World Egg Throwing Federation championship is held in Swaton, England each year on the last Sunday in June since 2006.The 2006 and 2007 Disney Channel Games included egg tossing games.".
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- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Category:Competitions.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Category:Easter_traditions.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Category:Eggs_in_culture.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Category:Traditional_Easter_games.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Choirboy.
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- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Egg_tapping.
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- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Grangeville,_Idaho.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Great_Britain.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Guinness_Book_of_World_Records.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Guinness_World_Records.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Hagerstown_Suns.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Jewett,_Texas.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Meadow.
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- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Medieval.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Middle_Ages.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink National_Egg_Toss_Championship.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Nave.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Pace_Egg_play.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Pagan.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Paganism.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Swaton.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink Water_balloon.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink World_Egg_Throwing_Federation.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLink File:USMC-110915-M-PH080-059.jpg.
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLinkText "Egg Catching".
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLinkText "Egg Toss".
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLinkText "Egg tossing".
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLinkText "Eggs-treme Egg Toss".
- Egg_tossing wikiPageWikiLinkText "egg tossing".
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- Egg_tossing subject Category:Competitions.
- Egg_tossing subject Category:Easter_traditions.
- Egg_tossing subject Category:Eggs_in_culture.
- Egg_tossing subject Category:Traditional_Easter_games.
- Egg_tossing hypernym Game.
- Egg_tossing type Competition.
- Egg_tossing type VideoGame.
- Egg_tossing type Competition.
- Egg_tossing comment "Egg tossing, egg toss, or egg throwing is a game associated with Easter. The egg was a symbol of the rebirth of the earth in Pagan celebrations of spring and was adopted by early Christians as a symbol of the rebirth of man at Easter.In one version of the game the idea is to toss an egg so it falls on the ground without breaking. This is possible on, for example, grassy meadows.".
- Egg_tossing label "Egg tossing".
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- Egg_tossing sameAs m.03wgrl1.
- Egg_tossing sameAs Q5347859.
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- Egg_tossing depiction USMC-110915-M-PH080-059.jpg.
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