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Rural Boys "Played Bass Ball" in Western Ohio

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Text	"A little way from the school-house, and on the opposite side of the road, was a pleasant beech grove, where the boys played bass ball, and where the girls carried disused benches and see-sawed over fallen logs." Alice Carey, Clovernook, or Recollections of Our Neighborhood in the West (Redfield, Clinton Park, NY,, 1852), page 280. Provided by David Block 2/27/2008. The book comprises memories of her OH life by Alice Carey [Cary), who was born in 1820 in a village founded three years earlier and lying 15 miles north of modern Cincinnati. With minimal formal education, she nonetheless moved to New York City in 1850 to seek a writing career. Thus, her memoir portrays OH life in the 1830s and 1840s. Caveat: the term "bass ball," however, may or may not be western Ohio usage, as Carrey may have learned the term in the East, or have employed the term in order to reach readers. Note: This book is not available on-line as of October 2008. It would be useful to learn if there is a specific time period connected to the narrative accompanying this "bass ball" reference.
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