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|Description=<p>Also called Tut, this game was in 1777 called “a sort of stool ball much practiced about the Easter holidays,” according to the OED. OED identifies Tut-Ball with Stoolball and Rounders. Gomme also cites a view that “This game is very nearly identical with ‘rounders.’” Another writer is known to say that Tut-Ball is the same as Pize-Ball. One wonders whether some observers used “Tut-Ball” generically, to signify any game with “tuts,” or bases.</p> | |Description=<p>Also called Tut, this game was in 1777 called “a sort of stool ball much practiced about the Easter holidays,” according to the OED. OED identifies Tut-Ball with [[Stoolball]] and [[Rounders]]. Gomme also cites a view that “This game is very nearly identical with ‘rounders.’” Another writer is known to say that Tut-Ball is the same as Pize-Ball. One wonders whether some observers used “Tut-Ball” generically, to signify any game with “tuts,” or bases.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span>Alice B. Gomme, </span><em>The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland</em><span> (Davit Nutt, London, 1898), page 314.</span></p> | |Sources=<p><span>Alice B. Gomme, </span><em>The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland</em><span> (Davit Nutt, London, 1898), page 314.</span></p> | ||
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Revision as of 09:53, 6 June 2012
| Game | Tut-Ball |
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| Game Family | Kickball |
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| Description | Also called Tut, this game was in 1777 called “a sort of stool ball much practiced about the Easter holidays,” according to the OED. OED identifies Tut-Ball with Stoolball and Rounders. Gomme also cites a view that “This game is very nearly identical with ‘rounders.’” Another writer is known to say that Tut-Ball is the same as Pize-Ball. One wonders whether some observers used “Tut-Ball” generically, to signify any game with “tuts,” or bases. |
| Sources | Alice B. Gomme, The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (Davit Nutt, London, 1898), page 314. |
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