... have rain this month, will increase the price butter; and we have nothing but rain, it will hinder the m»i ...

... and their sweethearts were accustomed to play together, and compete for the game ; as we learn from the following:— At stool-ball, Lucia, let us play, For sugar, cakes, and wine; Or, for Tansey let us play, The loss be thine or mine. If thou, my dear ...

... the o:d people of the parish of Lancing, and their offsgring, amounting in all to nearly 200. One old lady of 79, played stool.ball with as much enjoyment and activity as a girl of 10. Most of the neighbouring nobility and gentry were present on the occasion ...

... after certain ceremonies ii dressed for a feast, at which the lady presides. Poor Robin, in his Almanack for 1675, speaks of stool-ball and barley-brake Whitsun sports. Carew, in his Survey Cornwall, says, Two young men of the parish are yearly chosen their ...