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{{Chronology Entry
|Year=1828
|Year Number=13
|Headline=In Christian Story, a Young Girl Chooses Batting Over Tatting
|Headline=In Christian Story, a Young Girl Chooses Batting Over Tatting
|Year=1828
|Salience=2
|Is in main chronology=yes
|Tags=Females,
|Text=<p>A very strict school mistress scolds the title character: "You can't say three times three without missing; you'd rather play at bass-ball, or hunt the hedges for wild flowers, than mend your stockings." </p>
|Location=England,
<p>A.M.H. [only initials are given], "The Gipsey Girl," in <u>The Amulet, Or Christian and Literary Remembrancer</u> (W. Baynes and Son, London, 1828), pp 91-104. This short moral tale is set in England, and the girl is described as being eight or nine years old. Accessed 2/4/10 via Google Books search ("amulet or christian" 1828).</p>
|Country=England
<p>Reported by Tom Altherr, "Some Findings on Bass Ball," <u>Originals</u>, February 2010. This story was reprinted as "The Gipsy Girl," in <u>The Cabinet Annual: A Christmas and New Year's Gift for 1855</u> (E. H. Butler, Philadelphia, 1855) page 93ff: Provided by David Block, email of 2/27/2008. </p>
|Coordinates=52.3555177, -1.1743197
|Game=Bass Ball
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary
|Age of Players=Youth
|Text=<p>A very strict school mistress scolds the title character: "You can't say three times three without missing; you'd rather play at bass-ball, or hunt the hedges for wild flowers, than mend your stockings."</p>
<p>A.M.H. [only initials are given], "The Gipsey Girl," in <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Amulet, Or Christian and Literary Remembrancer</span> (W. Baynes and Son, London, 1828), pp 91-104. This short moral tale is set in England, and the girl is described as being eight or nine years old. Accessed 2/4/10 via Google Books search ("amulet or christian" 1828).</p>
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|Sources=<p>Reported by Tom Altherr, "Some Findings on Bass Ball,"&nbsp;<span>Originals</span>, February 2010. This story was reprinted as "The Gipsy Girl," in&nbsp;<span>The Cabinet Annual: A Christmas and New Year's Gift for 1855</span>&nbsp;(E. H. Butler, Philadelphia, 1855) page 93ff:&nbsp;</p>
|Submitted by=David Block, email of 2/27/2008.
|Reviewed=Yes
|Has Supplemental Text=No
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In Christian Story, a Young Girl Chooses Batting Over Tatting

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Age of Players Youth
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A very strict school mistress scolds the title character: "You can't say three times three without missing; you'd rather play at bass-ball, or hunt the hedges for wild flowers, than mend your stockings."

A.M.H. [only initials are given], "The Gipsey Girl," in The Amulet, Or Christian and Literary Remembrancer (W. Baynes and Son, London, 1828), pp 91-104. This short moral tale is set in England, and the girl is described as being eight or nine years old. Accessed 2/4/10 via Google Books search ("amulet or christian" 1828).

 

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Reported by Tom Altherr, "Some Findings on Bass Ball," Originals, February 2010. This story was reprinted as "The Gipsy Girl," in The Cabinet Annual: A Christmas and New Year's Gift for 1855 (E. H. Butler, Philadelphia, 1855) page 93ff: 

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