Whirl

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Game	Whirl
Game Family	Hook-em-snivy Hook-em-snivy
Location
Regions	US
Eras	1700s, Predecessor
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Description	Lieutenant Ebenezer Elmer of the 3rd New Jersey Regiment referred five times to playing whirl between September 16, 1776, and 1777.  The nature of play is not described, but one note may be taken to mean it was a ball game. Numerous web searches have failed to turn up other clues about this game.
Sources	For details, see http://greensleeves.typepad.com/berkshires/baseball/
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