... prophane town, where stool-ball, cricketts, and other games were practiced on the Lord's Day. Thus, at that early date, a distinction was already taken, even by a Puritan who was no sportsman, between cricket and stool-ball. Then we hear—l really don't ...

... are still supposed to commence properly at Rarer. In Ragland these games of ball have always been exceedingly numerous. Stoolball, a Sarne played by two persons seated on stools., who throw the ball from one is the other in a peculiar fashion, is alluded ...

... antiphone. All then retired for refresh- ment. The feasting customs of this game are thus commemorated by an old writer :— At stool-ball, Lucia, let us play, For sugar, cakes, or winn Or for a tansey let us pay, Tho loss be mme or thine. It thou, my dear, a ...

... far we oan ascertain, cricket seems to be evolved out of atool-ball, and tip-cat, or as it was called, cat pnd dog. Fiom stool-ball was borrowed th» primitive wicket—a stool, or cricket—which (perhaps) gave its name to the pastime. From stool-t.ad. too ...

... door opened at all, 60 that people do exercise and edifie in the churchyard at the lawful and laudable games of trap, cult, stool-ball, racket Ac, on Sundays. REMINISCENCES OF LORD COLERIDGE. The Lord Chief Justice's reminiscences of his predecessor in his ...

... p the. leave the least impression en the mind,' Bishop 8 to ?? instances archery, leaping, pitching as] lostile bar, and stool-ball (a, rudimentary form of lb, inscricket), as suitable reereatiotto. He would, In !seer doubtless, have included bicycling ...

... send their money. The prevailing amusements taken part in by the visitors to the church-ales were dancing on the green, stool-ball, barley-break, rounders, hunting the fat lamb, foot-races, etc. The old ceremony, the Boy's Bailiff, prevailed in Whitsun ...

... amusements of succeeding centuries. Hand-ball was popular with both sexes; tennis and fives were a fashion; and balloon-bail, stool-ball, foot-ball, camp-ball, hurling, golf, cambuc, bandy-ball, stow-ball, pall- mall, ring-ball, club-ball, cricket, trap-ball ...

... are still sup- posed to commence properly at Easter. In England these games of ball have always been exceedingly numerous. Stoolball, a game played by two per- sons seated on stools, who throw the ball from one to the other in a peculiar fashion, is alluded ...

... football, and the maids, with whom we children commonly mixed, being not proof for the turbulence of the other party, to stoolball and such running games as they knew. And all this without mixing mon and women, as in dancing with fiddle, but apart.—Thu ...

... has kept up the old fashion, and always commences its cricket season with match on Easter-Monday. Probably the old players stool-ball or hand-ball, like the modern cricketers, meant to express nothing more mystic than their pleasure at the prospect of fine ...

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