Hornie-Holes (also Kittie-Cat)

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Game	Hornie-Holes (also Kittie-Cat)
Game Family	Fungo Fungo
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Description	per Jamieson (1825.) Two teams of two boys, defend their holes with a sticks, described as like a walking sticks, against a cat (“a piece of stick, and frequently a sheep’s horn”) thrown “at some distance” by their opposite numbers.
Sources	J. Jamieson, Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language (Edinburgh, 1825), page 592-593.
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