the clover ring game
One morning, LB & I went outside to play an ancient game from home…
Two older gentlemen happened to be in the park, & we invited them to join in. The two gents nearby joined us for a little while, but very soon they became short of breath & had to drop out…
To play this game, first you will need to find a field of tall clover, grass, etc…
To start out, just start rolling slowly in a circle, going in the same direction, faster & faster…
Gradually, as you go faster & faster, you are lifted up into the air from centripetal forces as well as some forces known simply as ~~~~ !
If you look carefully, you can see we are like two tiny hover-crafts gliding around in a circle!
After a while, the two gents came back to watch us, because this is a pretty cool game!
Almost done!
And here it is! We call this kind Clover Ring…
This is super fun when there are lots of us whirling around–then we can make giant circles, even seen from the sky! These are usually reserved for special occasions, especially birthday parties!
I hope you give it a try!
love,
Clay Ball
Just stumbled on to this site and find it astounding!
You, being a fairly newcomer to our planet earth, might not be familiar with a phenomenon all the earthly scientists have not been able to solve as of today.
Your Clover Ring Game from your childhood might just lift a centuries old mystery we here in Great Britain call
CROP CIRCLES.
About 20 years ago a rather smallish one appeared not very far from our neighbourhood and our Mum took us children there to see it. I will never forget it!
A Crop Circle is a pattern in fields created by flattening of crops like wheat, barley, corn etc. These patterns are usually very large and could not possibly be executed by even large Clay Balls. Yet, there has to be a connection between the Clover Game from the planet you came from and our curious Crop Circles here on Earth.
There is a tremendous amount of research being done and I might to be able to find out if it involves your planet as well.
Most sincerely,
Alvyn
Dear Alvyn,
Thank you for your observations! This is very interesting! Yes, I think ring games & circle games are universal fun! I even see many of the Earth’s children play different circle games!
I don’t think there is any research being done here on Earth that involves my tiny home planet…we are much too tiny to be even noticed by most of the Earth’s scientists, I am pretty certain!
One thing about our clover rings…we are taught from a very young age, as soon as we can wobble about, never to ruin anyone’s garden or crops, so, you are right! The crop circles you talk about were definitely not made by any of my relatives or friends, or anyone from my home planet!
We might make them out among some wild grasses or maybe in a park, but we would definitely never play in a farmer’s field! :)
love,
Clay Ball
p.s.
Dear Alwyn,
It has been brought to my attention that your name Alwyn Jauza is perhaps related to the renowned Al-Jauza?
Al-Jauza is the ancient Arabic name of Betelgeuse, the large star on the constellation Orion’s shoulder!
Here is a photo: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030207.html
Maybe your dear Mum is also an astronomy lover, as is mine?!
love,
Clay Ball
pps.
Dear Alwyn,
I see what you mean…here is a link to one of those “crop circles” of which you speak, which happened in Switzerland in July 2009:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kecko/3766687033/in/pool-schweizer_landwirtschaft
Very beautiful! I wonder how they do these?! It is definitely not the simple centripetal & ~~~ forces of our tiny clover rings, but a bit more complex!
love,
clay ball
Dear Clay Ball
Your August 14 response was indeed material for thought.
I was not interested in Genealogy, therefore it never occurred to me to ask my Parents or Grandparents about names, their past and the reason for naming me Alwyn. Maybe, and I hope when I get older, these things might be of importance to me.
I do have to say that my Mum seems fascinated by the sky, but again that is all I know. I shall ask her these questions next time I go home for Holiday.
That Crop Circle is amazing and done with great precision, much more complicatad than the one we saw years ago. It seemed to be a rather simple design, but of course we were not able to see it from the air.
Also I remember clearly that we were not allowed to step into the field. As my Mum and Father always said, just like yours, “Never step into a farmers field!”
Many thanks for your reply and the interesting site.
Sincerely yours,
Alwyn