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|Term=Bittle-Battle | |Term=Bittle-Battle | ||
|Game Family=Hook-em-snivy | |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy | ||
|Description=<p>A game mentioned (but not described) in the 1086 Domesday Book in England. Some have claimed that this game resembled Stoolball. In fact, Gomme [1894] | |Game Eras=Predecessor | ||
|Sources=<p><span>See Protoball Chronology #[[1086.1]]</span></p> | |Invented Game=No | ||
<p><span>Gomme, Traditional Games of England, </span> | |Description=<p>A game called bittle battle is mentioned (but not described) in the 1086 Domesday Book in England. Some have claimed that this game resembled Stoolball.</p> | ||
<p>[A] In fact, Gomme [1894] defines Bittle-Battle as “the Sussex game of ‘Stoolball.’”</p> | |||
<p>[B] Similarly, Andrew Lusted reports that an 1875 source lists bittle battle as "another word for stoolball," </p> | |||
<p>[C] Lusted also finds an 1864 newspaper account that makes a similar but weaker claim: "Among the many [Seaford] pastimes were bittle-battle, bell in the ring, . . . "</p> | |||
|Sources=<p><span>On the Domesday Book s-See Protoball Chronology #[[1086.1]]</span></p> | |||
<p><span>[A.] Gomme, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Traditional Games of England, </span></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Scotland, and Ireland</span><span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">,</span> Volume 1 (Dover Press, New York, 1964 -- orig. 1898), page 34.</span></p> | |||
<p><span>[B] Lusted, Andrew, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Girls Just Wanted to Have Fun</span>, 2013, page 3, citing Rev'd W. D. Parish,<span style="text-decoration: underline;"> Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect</span>, 1875.<br /></span></p> | |||
<p><span>[C] Lusted, op. cit., page 28. The source is the <em>Sussex Advertiser, June 21, 1864.</em><br /></span></p> | |||
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Revision as of 14:04, 10 December 2013
| Game | Bittle-Battle |
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| Game Family | Hook-em-snivy |
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| Eras | Predecessor |
| Invented | No |
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| Description | A game called bittle battle is mentioned (but not described) in the 1086 Domesday Book in England. Some have claimed that this game resembled Stoolball. [A] In fact, Gomme [1894] defines Bittle-Battle as “the Sussex game of ‘Stoolball.’” [B] Similarly, Andrew Lusted reports that an 1875 source lists bittle battle as "another word for stoolball," [C] Lusted also finds an 1864 newspaper account that makes a similar but weaker claim: "Among the many [Seaford] pastimes were bittle-battle, bell in the ring, . . . " |
| Sources | On the Domesday Book s-See Protoball Chronology #1086.1 [A.] Gomme, Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1 (Dover Press, New York, 1964 -- orig. 1898), page 34. [B] Lusted, Andrew, Girls Just Wanted to Have Fun, 2013, page 3, citing Rev'd W. D. Parish, Dictionary of the Sussex Dialect, 1875. [C] Lusted, op. cit., page 28. The source is the Sussex Advertiser, June 21, 1864. |
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