Block:Pize Ball in Northumberland on June 26 1863

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Data	“Pie-ball” was again played at a picnic in rural Northumberland, this one held for members and friends of the United Methodist Free Church of Newcastle, along with students attending the church's Sabbath schools. The large party traveled by train to the coastal village of Warkworth with its historic castle and hermitage. Following a very delightful meal, according to a newspaper report, “the excursionists set about enjoying themselves, and by their hearty manner it was apparent that their 'outing' was going to be made the most of. Pie-ball, tarsey, 'the widow,' and other games were freely engaged in, as well as foot-ball, quoits, and others more masculine in their character, till tired nature was obliged to seek a moment's rest before commencing again the almost endless round of amusements.”
Sources	Newcastle Daily Chronicle, June 26, 1863, p. 2
Block Notes	Notwithstanding their considerable similarities, this was not the same event as the one reported in the same newspaper a day earlier; the parties were difference and Warkworth is a good eight miles distant from Alnwick. The game “tarsey” is the same the one called tersie above. “The widow” is a children's singing game.
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