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|Term=Cora | |Term=Cora | ||
|Game Family=Kickball | |Game Family=Kickball | ||
|Description=This game, encountered in Upper Egypt in the 1850s, is briefly described | |Description=<p>This game, encountered in Upper Egypt in the 1850s, is briefly described: it is “played likewise with a ball; one tosses it, and another strikes it with his hand, and runs to certain limits, if he can, without being hit by a ‘fag’ who picks up the ball and throws in.”</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span>G. T. Lowth, </span><em>The Wanderer in Arabia; or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks</em><span> (Hurst and Blackett, London, 1855), page 109.</span></p> | |||
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Latest revision as of 08:37, 28 November 2012
| Game | Cora |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Kickball |
| Location | |
| Regions | |
| Eras | Predecessor |
| Invented | |
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| Description | This game, encountered in Upper Egypt in the 1850s, is briefly described: it is “played likewise with a ball; one tosses it, and another strikes it with his hand, and runs to certain limits, if he can, without being hit by a ‘fag’ who picks up the ball and throws in.” |
| Sources | G. T. Lowth, The Wanderer in Arabia; or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks (Hurst and Blackett, London, 1855), page 109. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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