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|Headline=Halliwell's 960-Page Dictionary Cites Base-ball, Rounders, Tut-ball | |Headline=Halliwell's 960-Page Dictionary Cites Base-ball, Rounders, Tut-ball | ||
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|Game=Rounders | |Game=Rounders | ||
|Text=<p>Halliwell, James O., <u>A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words</u> [London, J. R. Smith, 1847], 2 volumes, per David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, pages 209 - 210. The "base-ball" entry: "a country game mentioned in Moor's Suffolk Words, p. 238" (see item #1823.2 above). Rounders is just "a boy's game at balls." Tut-ball is "a sort of stobball." Other games are similarly covered, but Block does not quote them. It seems that Halliwell was not a fan of sport. <b>Note:</b> can a list of the other safe-haven games be made?</p> | |Text=<p>Halliwell, James O., <u>A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words</u> [London, J. R. Smith, 1847], 2 volumes, per David Block, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, pages 209 - 210. The "base-ball" entry: "a country game mentioned in Moor's Suffolk Words, p. 238" (see item #1823.2 above). Rounders is just "a boy's game at balls." Tut-ball is "a sort of stobball." Other games are similarly covered, but Block does not quote them. It seems that Halliwell was not a fan of sport. <b>Note:</b> can a list of the other safe-haven games be made?</p> | ||
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Text | Halliwell, James O., A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words [London, J. R. Smith, 1847], 2 volumes, per David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, pages 209 - 210. The "base-ball" entry: "a country game mentioned in Moor's Suffolk Words, p. 238" (see item #1823.2 above). Rounders is just "a boy's game at balls." Tut-ball is "a sort of stobball." Other games are similarly covered, but Block does not quote them. It seems that Halliwell was not a fan of sport. Note: can a list of the other safe-haven games be made? |
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