1850s.33
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Round Ball, Old Cat Played in Northwest MA Town
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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." 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. Note: it is interesting that the game of wicket is not mentioned. Query: "Gool?" |
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1850s.33 Round Ball, Old Cat Played in Northwest MA Town"
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