The children's game Cats Cradle where a loop of string, is held taut at the back of the hands & the next takes

The children remove from each others hands. When did this game originate, any ideas??

Answers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/cat's_cradl.

wiki has an entire article which has the origin
The girl next door and I used to play that for hours on end. I don't know where it came from.
I used to play that but sorry don't know where the game originated from
i used to play that but i have no idea where it came from??
ive heard that it was first played in the 1800's but im not posotive. its a simple game and i know its been around for some lengnth of time. kids back then didnt have alot of toys so they invented what they could to keep amused. have a nice day.
i use to play that hehe!
i think it came from china or here but im not sure
i hope it helps

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