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|Term=Hook-em-Snivy | |Term=Hook-em-Snivy | ||
|Game Family=Hook-em-snivy | |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy | ||
|Description=Our single reference to this game comes from an 1847 Alabama newspaper | |Game Eras=Predecessor | ||
|Invented Game=No | |||
|Description=<p>Our single reference to this game comes from an 1847 Alabama newspaper in its attempt to describe curling to southern readers: “Did you ever play ‘bass ball,’ or ‘goal,’ or ‘hook-em-snivy,’ on the ice?” Its nature is unknown. “Hookum-snivy” is slang for adultery, not that it matters.</p> | |||
|Sources=<p><span>The </span><em>Alabama Reporter</em><span>, as reprinted in </span><em>Spirit of the Times</em><span> </span>(January 16, 1847)<span>, page 559.</span><span> </span><span>Provided by David Block, 2/28/2008.</span></p> | |||
|Comment=<p>Protoball asked Mister Google about the word "hookum snivy", and he, rather less helpfully and rather more cryptically than usual, said this: "My Quaker grandmother, born in Maryland in 1823, used [the word] in my hearing when she was about seventy years old. She said that it was a barbarism in use among common people and that we must forget it.</p> | |||
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Latest revision as of 21:16, 5 December 2018
| Game | Hook-em-Snivy |
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| Game Family | Hook-em-snivy |
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| Eras | Predecessor |
| Invented | No |
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| Description | Our single reference to this game comes from an 1847 Alabama newspaper in its attempt to describe curling to southern readers: “Did you ever play ‘bass ball,’ or ‘goal,’ or ‘hook-em-snivy,’ on the ice?” Its nature is unknown. “Hookum-snivy” is slang for adultery, not that it matters. |
| Sources | The Alabama Reporter, as reprinted in Spirit of the Times (January 16, 1847), page 559. Provided by David Block, 2/28/2008. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Comment | Protoball asked Mister Google about the word "hookum snivy", and he, rather less helpfully and rather more cryptically than usual, said this: "My Quaker grandmother, born in Maryland in 1823, used [the word] in my hearing when she was about seventy years old. She said that it was a barbarism in use among common people and that we must forget it. Edit with form to add a comment |
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