Hand-in-Hand-Out: Difference between revisions

From Protoball
Jump to navigation Jump to search
No edit summary
(Adding 1764 Dictionary ref.)
Line 2: Line 2:
|Term=Hand-in-Hand-Out
|Term=Hand-in-Hand-Out
|Game Family=Hook-em-snivy
|Game Family=Hook-em-snivy
|Location=England
|Description=<p>per McLean. McLean notes that hand-in and hand-out was among the games banned by King Edward IV in 1477. She identifies it as &ldquo;probably a kind of trick catch.&rdquo; The 1477 ban spelled the game name as &ldquo;handyn and handout.&rdquo;</p>
|Description=<p>per McLean. McLean notes that hand-in and hand-out was among the games banned by King Edward IV in 1477. She identifies it as &ldquo;probably a kind of trick catch.&rdquo; The 1477 ban spelled the game name as &ldquo;handyn and handout.&rdquo;</p>
|Sources=<p><span>Teresa McLean,&nbsp;</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The English at Play in the Middle Ages</span><span>&nbsp;</span>(Kensal Press, 1985)<span>, page 80.</span></p>
|Sources=<p><span>Teresa McLean,&nbsp;</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The English at Play in the Middle Ages</span><span>&nbsp;</span>(Kensal Press, 1985)<span>, page 80.&nbsp; In <em>The Royal Dictionary</em> by A. Boyer (London, 1764), Hand In Hand Hout is defined as "the Name of an unlawful Game," and translated into French as "forte de jeu defendu."<br /></span></p>
}}
}}

Revision as of 13:29, 23 June 2012

Glossary of Games
Glossary book.png

Chart: Predecessor and Derivative Games Pdf ico.gif
Predecessor Games
Derivative Games
Glossary of Games, Full List

Game Families

Baseball · Kickball · Scrub · Fungo · Hat ball · Hook-em-snivy


Untagged Games

Add a Game
Add a Family of Games
Game Hand-in-Hand-Out
Game Family Hook-em-snivy Hook-em-snivy
Location England
Description

per McLean. McLean notes that hand-in and hand-out was among the games banned by King Edward IV in 1477. She identifies it as “probably a kind of trick catch.” The 1477 ban spelled the game name as “handyn and handout.”

Sources

Teresa McLean, The English at Play in the Middle Ages (Kensal Press, 1985), page 80.  In The Royal Dictionary by A. Boyer (London, 1764), Hand In Hand Hout is defined as "the Name of an unlawful Game," and translated into French as "forte de jeu defendu."

Comment Edit with form to add a comment
Query Edit with form to add a query



Comments

<comments voting="Plus" />