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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1846 | |||
|Year Number=14 | |||
|Headline=English Crew Teaches Rounders to Baltic Islanders | |Headline=English Crew Teaches Rounders to Baltic Islanders | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Pre-modern Rules, | |||
|Country=Estonia | |||
|Coordinates=58.595272, 25.01360699999998 | |||
|Game=Xenoball | |Game=Xenoball | ||
|Text=<p>"In 1846 a three-master . . . from London stranded on the island. . . . | |Immediacy of Report=Retrospective | ||
<p>Mehl | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>"In 1846 a three-master . . . from London stranded on the island. . . . The captain spent the winter with the local minister, and the sailors with the peasants. According to information given by a man named Matts Bisa, the visitors taught the men of Runö a new batting game. As the cry "runders" shows, his game was the English rounders, a predecessor of baseball. It was made part of the old cult game."</p> | |||
<p>This game was conserved on the island, at least until 1949.</p> | |||
|Sources=<p>Erwin Mehl, "A Batting Game on the Island of Runö," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Western Folklore</span> vol 8, number 3, (1949?), page 268. </p> | |||
|Comment=<p>Ruhnu Island (formerly cited as "Runo") is a small island off the northern coast of Estonia. Its current population about 100 souls. It was formerly occupied by Swedes.</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Tags | Pre-modern RulesPre-modern Rules |
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| City/State/Country: | Estonia |
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| Text | "In 1846 a three-master . . . from London stranded on the island. . . . The captain spent the winter with the local minister, and the sailors with the peasants. According to information given by a man named Matts Bisa, the visitors taught the men of Runö a new batting game. As the cry "runders" shows, his game was the English rounders, a predecessor of baseball. It was made part of the old cult game." This game was conserved on the island, at least until 1949. |
| Sources | Erwin Mehl, "A Batting Game on the Island of Runö," Western Folklore vol 8, number 3, (1949?), page 268. |
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| Comment | Ruhnu Island (formerly cited as "Runo") is a small island off the northern coast of Estonia. Its current population about 100 souls. It was formerly occupied by Swedes. Edit with form to add a comment |
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