1846.14
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English Crew Teaches Rounders to Baltic Islanders
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Tags | Pre-modern RulesPre-modern Rules |
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| City/State/Country: | Estonia |
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| Game | XenoballXenoball |
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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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1846.14 English Crew Teaches Rounders to Baltic Islanders"
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