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Town Ball Played in South Carolina

Salience Noteworthy
Location South Carolina
City/State/Country: Ridgeway, SC, United States
Game Town Ball
Immediacy of Report Retrospective
Age of Players Juvenile
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A woman in South Carolina remembers: "The first school I attended with other pupils was in 1855. Our teacher was a kind man, Mr. John Chisholm. The schoolhouse was the old Covenanter brick church. We had a long school day. We commenced early in the morning and ended just before sundown. We had an hour's intermission for dinner and recreation. The boys played town ball and shot marbles, and the few girls in school looked on, enjoyed, and applauded the fine plays."

 

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Remarks of Mrs. Cynthia Miller Coleman [born 1/17/1847], Ridgeway, SC, at loc.gov oral history website:

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/wpa/30081905.html, accessed 2/11/10. 

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Ridgeway SC is in central SC, about 25 miles north of Columbia.

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Submitted by Craig Waff
Submission Note 1/27/09



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