Answer: The original item used by the children in the game was a wig.
Explanation:
Kids have always found ways to have fun and complement their carefree everyday life. Unlike in childhood today, thanks to technological and other scientific advances, children were offered various ways to have fun, this was not the case in the late 19th century. A popular game among children was the so-called "Wig Game". The kids used old wigs in this game.
These wigs would be thrown by the children into the air and then tried to "catch them with their heads". If the hair falls appropriately on the head, or if the child catches it, it would count as a point. Whoever scores more points this way in the wig game was the winner.
