At Wellesley, an elite woman's college founded in 1870, rolling wooden hoops across the lawn is an end-of-the-year ritual for graduating seniors.
Children rolling hoops.
A normal morning, with children already running and playing, rolling hoops and tossing beanbags among the throng.
The town is rather depressing, but the ubiquitous children are spirited nontheless, rolling hoops and playing a game similar to hop-scotch.
It made a stark contrast to the children rolling hoops and tossing beanbags in the street.
A good many did, men hurrying about some last-minute chore, children snatching the final chance to roll hoops through the mud puddles and toss balls before night fell.
In the afternoon at the Village Green, children walked on stilts, rolled hoops and tried out other old-fashioned games with the zest of discovering something new.
The practice, however, was brought to an end sometime before 1816, by means of a statute that forbade Masters of Arts to roll hoops or play marbles.
He spent the afternoon rolling hoops with his older brother, breathing ribbons of steam into the raw air.
'it might have been nice to roll hoops and catch polliwogs, but...' He shrugged.