Journal 33 Something from around here...

Corn Hole is a game that is particular to this area. Apparently it started in fourteenth century Germany, at least a very similar version of the game. It then became popular in America, specifically in the Midwest. There is a lot of argument that Illinois was the first state to really bring it back, but Iowish (people from Iowa) say that they were the ones that started it back up in modern America. The game consists of two boards that are angled up with a hole in the center. Players stand behind their box thing and try to show usually some sort of bean bag, or bag of "corn." It is quite the enjoyable game to play outside during the summer. It is kind of similar to washers. Something that shows that it is particular to this area is the fact that my good friend Luke is actually working on building his own. He needs something to paint on each box and I honestly don't know what he should do but it just needs to be epic. It'll probably be something like a dragon or unicorn, anything that is all around awesome would be fine. We'll will probably end up playing it quite a bit when the weather changes and it is a little warmer outside so it won't be freezing outside. One time when I went to Alabama, there were some people in the same condo complex as me and they were playing it on the beach and I overheard them saying that they only reason that they knew about it was because they had friends from Illinois. Somebody asked what it was called and I was like that would be corn hole and it is from my home state of Illinois. Along with the horseshoe, I would say that the game of corn hole is one of the most important things to ever come out of Illinois. And it most definitely did come from Illinois, not Iowa.