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Boys and Girls Play Old Cat at Recess in Wisconsin
Salience | Noteworthy |
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Tags | FemalesFemales |
Location | WisconsinWisconsin |
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Game | Old-Cat GamesOld-Cat Games |
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Age of Players | JuvenileJuvenile |
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Text | "elias molee, in his completely lower-case autobiography, recounted mixed-gender cat games at his southern Wisconsin school in the 1850s: 'a little before 10:30 o'clock she [the teacher] called out "20 minutes recess." [the] boys played catching each other, or played ball which we called "1 old cat" when 3 were playing, boys or girls made no difference to us, when 4 played we called it "2 old cat"'" |
Sources | Elias Molee, Molee's Wanderings, An Autobiography (private printing, 1919) page 34. As cited by Tom Altherr, Coed Cat Games in Wisconsin in the Early 1850s, Originals, volume 4, number 1 (January 2011), page 2. |
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Submitted by | Tom Altherr |
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1850s.47 Boys and Girls Play Old Cat at Recess in Wisconsin"
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