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Playing Ball Cited as Major New England Diversion

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Text	What are the diversions of the New England people? "Dancing is a favorite one of both sexes. Sleighing in winter, and skating, playing ball, gunning, and fishing are the principal." Johnson, Clifton, and Carl Withers, Old Time Schools and School-Books [Dover, New York, 1963], page 41. Submitted by John Thorn, 10/12/2004.
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 |Text=<p>What are the diversions of the New England people?  "Dancing is a favorite one of both sexes.  Sleighing in winter, and skating, playing ball, gunning, and fishing are the principal."</p>
 <p>Johnson, Clifton, and Carl Withers, <u>Old Time Schools and School-Books</u> [Dover, New York, 1963], page 41.  Submitted by John Thorn, 10/12/2004.</p>
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