"Story Of Balls And Nails"
The studded ball, an extraordinary invention a few centuries ago, the ancestor of today's petanque ball was first handled by little girls with nimble little fingers, it was they who had to cover the surface of the wooden heart... (legend or reality?) With a unique feature found on an eloquent site: ''works of art which were required to withstand the harsh test of violent shocks and sometimes damp or even stony ground.'', a boxwood heart covered with nails called "truncated cones" since the 19th century in concentric circles. Provencal game where a dedicated space allowed you to recognize your own. Nearly 900 gr each and 10 cm in diameter. 
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