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|Description=<p>a game defined in the OED as “a game similar to Rounders in which a ball is hit with the flat of the hand.” The game is mainly associated with the English North Country, and is said to feature three or four ‘hobs,’ or stopping-places. The first cited use appeared in 1796. Gomme adds that if the batter-runner is hit before reaching on of the “tuts” he is “said to be burnt, or out.</p> | |Description=<p>a game defined in the OED as “a game similar to Rounders in which a ball is hit with the flat of the hand.” The game is mainly associated with the English North Country, and is said to feature three or four ‘hobs,’ or stopping-places. The first cited use appeared in 1796. Gomme adds that if the batter-runner is hit before reaching on of the “tuts” he is “said to be burnt, or out.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span>Alice Bertha Gomme, </span><em>The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 2</em><span> </span>(New York: Dover [reprint -- original publication 1898], 1964)<span>, page 45.</span></p> | |Sources=<p><span>Alice Bertha Gomme, </span><em>The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 2</em><span> </span>(New York: Dover [reprint -- original publication 1898], 1964)<span>, page 45.</span></p> | ||
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Revision as of 09:40, 28 November 2012
| Game | Pize Ball |
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| Game Family | Kickball |
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| Eras | Predecessor |
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| Description | a game defined in the OED as “a game similar to Rounders in which a ball is hit with the flat of the hand.” The game is mainly associated with the English North Country, and is said to feature three or four ‘hobs,’ or stopping-places. The first cited use appeared in 1796. Gomme adds that if the batter-runner is hit before reaching on of the “tuts” he is “said to be burnt, or out. |
| Sources | Alice Bertha Gomme, The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 2 (New York: Dover [reprint -- original publication 1898], 1964), page 45. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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