Yes, and they are used in conker fights, provided that the children have not
been forbidden from having such fights.
A conker fight is when you take it in turns to bash the other's conker, each of
which is threaded on a piece of string. It's quite difficult, and the other's
hand can get in the way . . .
Chris
On 5 Oct 2012, at 22:57, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cute, but I've never heard horse chestnuts called conkers. Learned at
> least one thing today. :-)
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