... Puritans, he observes, that all games, where there is any hazard of loss, are strictly forbidden; not so much as a game at stool-ball for a tanseyr, or a cross and pyle for the odd penny at a reckoning, .upon.pain of damnation: Durand tells us, that on ...

... Park repair ; ■While many other* resort For cake» and ale to Tot'nam Court, And on (he Whitsun Holiday, barley-break and stool-ball play ; And thus the holidays they spend. Until (hey work (hem to an end. In June 1677, we read. Islington, a fair they hold ...

... others of tbe company '. the course of tbe afternoon. 1 In addition these sports the scene was entire jingling matches, stool-ball parties, above all the noble game of cricket; and tl music of course attracted many groupes of dancers one of which, tripping ...