Yo-yo

Historical records indicate that 16th century hunters in the Philippines hid up in trees and used sharpened rocks tied to a long cord, up to 20 feet in length, to flinging at tree squirrels. The weapon could be pulled up and thrown back down for multiple attempts at the tree squirrels and thus the yo-yo was born.

The word yo-yo is a “Tagalog” word, the native language of the Philippines, and means 'come back.'

People in the United States started playing with the British bandalore or yo-yo in the 1860s.