Our museum has several lovely wooden carvings showing lifelike figures of old men playing checkers. Their facial expressions tell the story has to who is winning and who is not. All of them have one thing in common--the country of their origin. Checker Trivia question of the Day"? From what country do these beautiful wooden carvings originate? (Cont.)"Xylon Checker Carvings"--answer
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Mr. Checkers
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"Xylon Checker Carvings"--answer
Our museum has several lovely wooden carvings showing lifelike figures of old men playing checkers. Their facial expressions tell the story has to who is winning and who is not. All of them have one thing in common--the country of their origin. Checker Trivia question of the Day"? From what country do these beautiful wooden carvings originate? (Cont.)
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Take care and God Bless. "Mr. Checkers"---Visit with "Inky" at: http://www.broenink-art.nl/maukie2.swf----"No act of kindness no matter how small is ever wasted". --Aesop--
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Mr. Checkers
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Re: "Xylon Checker Carvings"
I might add that there are on display in our museum some of the most beautiful xylon checkers sets that one would ever want to see. (Cont.)Take care and God Bless. "Mr. Checkers"---Visit with "Inky" at: http://www.broenink-art.nl/maukie2.swf----"No act of kindness no matter how small is ever wasted". --Aesop--
Re: "Xylon Checker Carvings"
Canada
ST-JEAN-PORT-JOLI, http://www.quebecweb.com/haberville/images/carte2.jpg [size=125]"The Woodcrafting Capital of Canada" is a small village (1991 pop. 3369) located within the Chaudi
ST-JEAN-PORT-JOLI, http://www.quebecweb.com/haberville/images/carte2.jpg [size=125]"The Woodcrafting Capital of Canada" is a small village (1991 pop. 3369) located within the Chaudi
