File talk:Pieter Bruegel d. Ä. 041.jpg

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In the lower right corner is a scene of boys piled up on other boys bent over in a rough line. The anchor boy is seated on the wall facing the other boys.

I played this very game, which we called Buck Buck, in the schoolyard, in the late 40s. In New York, it was a street game called Johnny on a Pony. See the Arthur Leipzig photo at http://www.newyorkstreetgames.com/press3.html.