Rickets

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Game	Rickets
Game Family	Hook-em-snivy Hook-em-snivy
Location	Boston
Regions	US
Eras	Post-1900, Predecessor
Invented	No
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Description	A writer's recollection of past Boston sports, including  base ball,  includes the unexplained game of "Rickets."
Sources	Letter to the Editor, Boston Evening Transcript, December 21, 1859.  Contributed by Joanne Hulbert, 9/17/12.
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Comment	The letter speaks of growing up as a boy in Boston 60 years ago. He recalls playing "foot ball" "base ball" "rickets" and "prison bars." [ba] Edit with form to add a comment
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