No. BATTAGLIA1925-001
Cittanova Novigrad la fionda bullroarer
Croatia · Cittanova · modern Novigrad · Istria · Southeast Europe
Play / practical
la fionda
Source term: rombo
la fionda: Cittanova children's name for the triangular bullroarer
In Cittanova, children saved la fionda for winter and bad weather. They sent the triangular wooden blade roaring from its cord—and sometimes let go, launching it in a broad arc. The toy's name, 'the sling,' catches both its circular flight and its more hazardous finale.
un interessante rombo di forma triangolare
an interesting bullroarer of triangular shape
Battaglia 1925:204-205
Particulars
- Object
- Triangular wooden blade about 25 cm long, with one hole centered in its base and one whirling cord.
- Function
- Children's winter toy, especially played in bad weather; players sometimes released the cord so the blade flew away in a broad arc.
Source
Raffaello Battaglia, 'Sopravvivenze del rombo nelle Provincie Venete,' Studi e Materiali di Storia delle Religioni 1 (1925), pp. 204-205, fig. 4