York pupils go bonkers for conkers
Pupils in York have gone bonkers for conkers to raise money for charity. The children who go to Clifton Green Primary School have so far collected 50,000 conkers making £1,300 for Martin House hospice.
Fascinating facts you may not know about conkers
- Conkers are the fruit of horse chestnut trees
- Conkers release a chemical which spiders hate and can stop them entering your home
- Horse chestnut trees originally came from Albania and Greece
- The first ever recorded game of conkers took place in 1848
- Conkers can be kept with your woollens to stop moths nibbling them
- Some schools have banned children playing 'Conkers' because they are seen as a 'dangerous weapon'
- Conkers normally weigh 8 grams from healthy trees, but now are about half their weight at 4.2 grams. It is believed that the moths and months of wet weather are probably to blame.
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