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- |Game=Two Old Cat ...in Peekskill, stated that he wasn't very good at one old cat or other cat games as a youth.842 bytes (123 words) - 14:44, 27 February 2024
- ...' The batters act much in he same way as in cricket, except that the cat must be hit whilst in the air. The batter hits it as far away as poss ...ce Bertha Gomme, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland</span> (New York; Dover, 1964 – rep1 KB (178 words) - 17:58, 13 March 2017
- |Game=Old Cat ...Base Ball now. The main thing to be remembered is that Four and Three Old Cat seem to be co-eval with Massachusetts Round Ball, and even considered a mod1 KB (187 words) - 14:38, 27 February 2024
- ...dline=London Magazine Covers "Games with a Ball," Including Stoolball, Tip-Cat ...3. "Games with a Ball" treats stool-ball, trap-ball, tip-cat, among other games, and owes much to Strutt (see 1801 entry, above). The writer advises, "[St798 bytes (123 words) - 17:45, 6 September 2012
- |Headline=Francis Willughby's "Book of Games" Surveys Folkways: Batting/Baserunning Game Described |Game=Stoolball,Horne-Billets,Kit-Cat,Tutball2 KB (312 words) - 06:15, 2 July 2022
- ...en. It is illustrated as “La Batonet” in the charming series of children’s games designed by Stella and published in Paris, 1657, as “Les Jeux et Plaisiri683 bytes (104 words) - 09:39, 28 November 2012
- |Term=Cat i’ The Hole ...son. All but one player stands by a hole, holding a stick [called a “cat.”] The last player, holding a ball, gives a signal, and the others ru3 KB (482 words) - 13:59, 24 February 2022
- |Headline=Throwback Game of Cat-and-Dog Seen in Pittsburgh |Game=Cat-and-Dog1 KB (206 words) - 18:43, 14 October 2015
- |Term=Cat's Pallet ...for the space of two hours . . . . Thus, Gidigadie may be another name for Cat’s Pallet. The rules of this game are as yet unknown.</p>884 bytes (150 words) - 09:37, 28 November 2012
- |Term=Cat (Kat) |Description=<p>For a recent description of Cat/Old-Cat, see <strong>Supplemental Text below.</strong> </p>13 KB (2,309 words) - 06:23, 18 July 2023
- |Term=Tip-Cat ...ok</em>, but adds the feature that the fielding player tries to return the cat to the hitter’s circle such that the hitter does not hit it away agai3 KB (509 words) - 06:29, 7 March 2022
- |Term=Cat-and-Dog ...ers the hole, defender and thrower switch places. Gomme, who uses the name Cat and Dog Hole, describes a game using a ball in which a stone replaces the h3 KB (520 words) - 06:05, 14 March 2017
- |Headline=Indianans Play Town Ball, Two Old Cat |Game=Town Ball, Old-Cat Games1 KB (234 words) - 19:54, 16 April 2018
- |Game=Old Cat |Description=Students at Harvard playing old cat games?709 bytes (94 words) - 14:12, 27 February 2024
- |Term=Hornie-Holes (also Kittie-Cat) ...d their holes with a sticks, described as like a walking sticks, against a cat (“a piece of stick, and frequently a sheep’s horn”) throw914 bytes (137 words) - 12:37, 7 February 2022
- |Headline=Alabama soldiers play bull-pen, cat and town ball |Game=Town Ball, Two Old Cat921 bytes (140 words) - 07:33, 11 August 2023
- ...Base Ball now. The main thing to be remembered is that Four and Three Old Cat seem to be co-eval with Massachusetts Round Ball, and even considered a mod1 KB (191 words) - 15:20, 27 February 2024
- |Game=Barn Ball, Old-Cat Games, American Cricket, ...iful Mohawk Valley, and while I played barn ball, one old cat, and two old cat in my early boyhood days, cricket was my favorite game, and until I e1 KB (184 words) - 23:24, 9 February 2014
- |Headline=MA Boy Played One Old Cat, Base Ball in Early Childhood |Game=Base Ball, One Old Cat1 KB (208 words) - 07:58, 31 January 2020
- |Headline=Town Ball and Cat Played in NC Lowlands? ...mes, choices for males [in NC] appear to have been 'town-ball, bull-pen,' 'cat,' and 'prisoner's base,' whatever exhibitions of dexterity they may have in2 KB (250 words) - 19:05, 29 January 2020