Hittera Ball

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Game	Hittera Ball
Game Family	Hook-em-snivy Hook-em-snivy
Location
Regions	Britain
Eras	1800s
Invented	No
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Description	"HITTERA BALL, a game played at Eyam, in Derbyshire. The game resembles the game of 'knur and spell.' A hole is made in a stone fixed in the ground. A spell with a cup at the end is placed in the hole, and the projecting end of the spell is struck by a stick."
Sources	Sidney Oldall Addy, A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighborhood of Sheffield, (English Dialect Society, 1888: Supplement (1891), page 29. (Submitted 12/11/2020 by Tom Altherr.)
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Comment	From Tom Altherr, 12/11/2020: "Maddeningly, no time reference is other than before 1891." Note: The Sheffield source is also described in Dave Block, Pastime Lost (Nebraska Press, 2019), page 184. Note: Tom adds that it would be helpful to confirm that the Hittera reference does not offer a typo for the word "Hitter" for "Hitters" for Hittera: David is less dubious about this. As of early January 2021, Protoball has no reference to "Hittera" at all. Edit with form to add a comment
Query	From the description ["cup?" "stick?"] it is difficult to picture how this game was played. Where is Sheffield/Derbyshire? Edit with form to add a query
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