Swede Ball

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Game	Swede Ball
Game Family	Hook-em-snivy Hook-em-snivy
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Description	This game is mentioned, along with Norwegian Ball in a 1908 book on North Dakota folkways. Said to be taught to local children by Swedish newcomers and a Swedish teacher, the game is only depicted as being “played somewhat like ‘one old cat.’” It seems conceivable that this game is related to Brannboll. Maigaard (1941) lists two Swedish variants for Long Ball.
Sources	Collections of the State Historical Society, Volume 2 (State Printers and  Binders, Bismark ND, 1908), pages 213-214. Maigaard, "Battingball Games." Genus 5 (1941).  (Reprinted as Appendix 6 of Block, Baseball Before We Knew It.)  See page 263.
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