Hittera Ball

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Game Hittera Ball
Game Family Hook-em-snivy Hook-em-snivy
Regions Britain
Eras 1800s
Invented No
Description

"HITTERA BALL, a game played at Eyam, in Derbyshire.  The game resembles the game of 'knur and spell.' A hole is made in a stone fixed in the ground.  A spell with a cup at the end is placed in the hole, and the projecting end of the spell is struck by a stick."

Sources

Sidney Oldall Addy, A Glossary of Words Used in the Neighborhood of Sheffield, (English Dialect Society, 1888:  Supplement (1891), page 29.  (Submitted 12/11/2020 by Tom Altherr.)

Comment

From Tom Altherr, 12/11/2020:  "Maddeningly, no time reference is other than before 1891."

Note: The Sheffield source is also described in Dave Block, Pastime Lost (Nebraska Press, 2019), page 184. 

Note: Tom adds that it would be helpful to confirm that the Hittera reference does not offer a typo for the word  "Hitter" for "Hitters" for Hittera:  David is less dubious about this.  As of early January 2021, Protoball has no reference to "Hittera" at all.    

 

 

 

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Query

From the description ["cup?" "stick?"] it is difficult to picture how this game was played.

Where is Sheffield/Derbyshire?

 

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