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|Headline=VA Lad Plays Chermany at Recess |Text=<p>"Our recess games were chiefly chermany and bandy ("hockey").</p>

|Term=Chermany ...squo; game with a ball and bats.&rdquo; We know of but eight references to chermany [churmany, chumny, chuminy] as of October 2009. Its rules of play are sketc

|Headline=Near Richmond VA, Games of Round Cat and Chermany ...he and the other boys, black and white, had played "[[round cat]]" and "[[chermany]]" in the summers before the war and had set their rabbit-traps in seasons

...bsp;and the south) are welcome.</span><span>&nbsp;</span><span>Most of the games entail safe-haven bases.</span></p>

.../em>, Aug. 21, 1866 speaks of southerners 20 years prior playing bandy and chermany. In 1850 Tarborough, NC banned the playing of bandy in the streets. In 1858 |Sources=<p>Altherr, "Southern Ball Games--Chermany, Round Cat, etc. "&nbsp;<em>Base Ball</em>&nbsp;(Spring 2011).</p>

<p><span>Altherr, "Southern Ball Games--Chermany, Round Cat, Etc."&nbsp;<em>Base Ball</em>&nbsp;(Spring 2011).</span></p>

== The Seasonality of CW Ballplaying is Clear: Many Games Occurred in the Winter Camps == ..., the number of games from May through September is under one-third of the games known in March and April during the war years.

...al Baseball Library at the Hall of Fame, has speculated that baseball-type games at this stage were like pulling a hacky-sack out of a backpack and kicking ...“Baseball in the Stone Age,” Mehl located evidence of ancient bat and ball games not only in western Europe, but also in North Africa, Asia Minor, India, Af