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|Term=Hornie-Holes (also Kittie-Cat)
|Term=Hornie-Holes (also Kittie-Cat)
|Game Family=Fungo
|Game Family=Fungo
|Description=per Jamieson (1825.)[88] Two teams of two boys, defend their holes with a sticks, described as like a walking sticks, against a cat (“a piece of stick, and frequently a sheep’s horn”) thrown “at some distance” by their opposite numbers.
|Description=<p>per Jamieson (1825.) Two teams of two boys, defend their holes with a sticks, described as like a walking sticks, against a cat (&ldquo;a piece of stick, and frequently a sheep&rsquo;s horn&rdquo;) thrown &ldquo;at some distance&rdquo; by their opposite numbers.</p>
|Sources=<p><span>J. Jamieson,&nbsp;</span><em>Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language</em><span>&nbsp;(</span>Edinburgh<span>, 1825), page 592-593.</span></p>
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per Jamieson (1825.) Two teams of two boys, defend their holes with a sticks, described as like a walking sticks, against a cat (“a piece of stick, and frequently a sheep’s horn”) thrown “at some distance” by their opposite numbers.

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J. Jamieson, Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language (Edinburgh, 1825), page 592-593.

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