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In Christian Story, a Young Girl Chooses Batting Over Tatting
Salience | Noteworthy |
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City/State/Country: | England |
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Game | Bass BallBass Ball |
Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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Text | A very strict school mistress scolds the title character: "You can't say three times three without missing; you'd rather play at bass-ball, or hunt the hedges for wild flowers, than mend your stockings." A.M.H. [only initials are given], "The Gipsey Girl," in The Amulet, Or Christian and Literary Remembrancer (W. Baynes and Son, London, 1828), pp 91-104. This short moral tale is set in England, and the girl is described as being eight or nine years old. Accessed 2/4/10 via Google Books search ("amulet or christian" 1828).
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Sources | Reported by Tom Altherr, "Some Findings on Bass Ball," Originals, February 2010. This story was reprinted as "The Gipsy Girl," in The Cabinet Annual: A Christmas and New Year's Gift for 1855 (E. H. Butler, Philadelphia, 1855) page 93ff: |
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Submitted by | David Block, email of 2/27/2008. |
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