Wie soll ich es verstehen?

[lykos]

Aus einem Buch:

It had been the grandfather who´d given him that first knife who´d had also taught him horseshoes.

I know what a horseshoe is, but in this context, the meaning must be different.
Is that a game perhaps?

Thanks for an explanation!
Gruß, Ready.
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When the final curtain drops, the only things we truly regret are the things we didn´t do.
C.Cussler

[bouillabaisseball]

Mit dem Spiel lagst du gar nicht so schlecht:
a game in which the players toss horseshoes at two facing stakes driven into the ground 40 feet apart, the object being to encircle the stake or come as close to it as possible.
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[lykos]

Thank you BBB!

I could´nt understand what a knife had to do with it
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When the final curtain drops, the only things we truly regret are the things we didn´t do.
C.Cussler

[ingot]

His grandpa had given him his first knife AND also introduced him to that wholesome old game of horseshoes. Horseshoes is mostly a game of old-timers nowadays and is played mostly in small towns.
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When the final curtain drops, the applause may be less than thunderous. So what! There is no more need for bows.

[lykos]

OK! Now I understand, how do they say in Germany - how the rabbit is running -

Thank you.
Ready
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When the final curtain drops, the only things we truly regret are the things we didn´t do.
C.Cussler