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|Location=US South | |Location=US South | ||
|Game Regions=US | |Game Regions=US | ||
|Game Eras=1800s,Derivative | |Game Eras=1800s, Derivative | ||
|Invented Game=No | |||
|Description=<p>Round Cat is a game noted by Tom Altherr in September 2009. We find several brief mentions of this game being played from Washington DC southward, but no explanation of how it was played. One account identifies it as similar to [[Scrub]] as played in New England.</p> | |Description=<p>Round Cat is a game noted by Tom Altherr in September 2009. We find several brief mentions of this game being played from Washington DC southward, but no explanation of how it was played. One account identifies it as similar to [[Scrub]] as played in New England.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><em>Dialect Notes</em><span> | |Sources=<p><em>Dialect Notes</em><span> (American Dialect Society, Norwood MA, 1896), page 214.</span></p> | ||
<p><span>Altherr, "Southern Ball Games--Chermany, Round Cat, Etc." <em>Base Ball</em> (Spring 2011).</span></p> | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:07, 25 May 2022
| Game | Round Cat |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | US South |
| Regions | US |
| Eras | 1800s, Derivative |
| Invented | No |
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| Description | Round Cat is a game noted by Tom Altherr in September 2009. We find several brief mentions of this game being played from Washington DC southward, but no explanation of how it was played. One account identifies it as similar to Scrub as played in New England. |
| Sources | Dialect Notes (American Dialect Society, Norwood MA, 1896), page 214. Altherr, "Southern Ball Games--Chermany, Round Cat, Etc." Base Ball (Spring 2011). |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Comment | Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Edit with form to add a query |
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