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|Year=1850 | |Year=1850 | ||
|Year Suffix=s | |Year Suffix=s | ||
|Year Number=33 | |||
|Headline=Round Ball, Old Cat Played in Northwest MA Town | |||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Location=New England | |Location=New England | ||
|Text=<p>"There was, of course, coasting, skating, swimming, gool, fox and hounds . . . round ball; two and four old cat, with soft yarn balls thrown at the runner."</p> | |Text=<p>"There was, of course, coasting, skating, swimming, gool, fox and hounds . . . round ball; two and four old cat, with soft yarn balls thrown at the runner."</p> | ||
<p>G. Stanley Hall, "Boy Life in a Massachusetts Town Forty Years Ago," < | <p> </p> | ||
|Sources=<p>G. Stanley Hall, "Boy Life in a Massachusetts Town Forty Years Ago," <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society</span> Volume 7 (1892), page 113. Accessed 2/10/10 via Google Books search ("g.stanley hall" "boy life"). Hall grew up on a large farm in Ashfield MA, which is in the NW corner of the commonwealth, and about 55 miles east of Albany NY.</p> | |||
|Comment=<p> It is interesting that the game of wicket is not mentioned, given Ashland's location in western MA.</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
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Text | "There was, of course, coasting, skating, swimming, gool, fox and hounds . . . round ball; two and four old cat, with soft yarn balls thrown at the runner."
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Sources | G. Stanley Hall, "Boy Life in a Massachusetts Town Forty Years Ago," Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society Volume 7 (1892), page 113. Accessed 2/10/10 via Google Books search ("g.stanley hall" "boy life"). Hall grew up on a large farm in Ashfield MA, which is in the NW corner of the commonwealth, and about 55 miles east of Albany NY. |
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1850s.33 Round Ball, Old Cat Played in Northwest MA Town"
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