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Game	Hornebillets
Game Family	Baseball Baseball
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Tags	Britain, Pre-1700
Description	Only known from Francis Willughby’s 17th century Book of Games, hornebillets is played with a cat (fashioned from animal horn), which is thrown toward holes defended by players with dog-sticks. When they hit the cat, batters run to the next hole, placing the stick in the hole before the cat can be retrieved and be put into the hole. The number of holes depends on the number of players on each team.
Sources	David Cram, et al., editors, Francis Willughby’s Book of Games (Ashgate, 2003), page 182.
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-|Description=<p>Only known from Francis Willughby&rsquo;s 17th century Book of Games, hornebillets is played with a cat, which is thrown toward holes defended by players with dog-sticks. When they hit the cat, they run to the next hole, placing the stick in the hole before the cat is retrieved and can be put into the hole. The number of holes depends on the number of players on each team.</p>
+|Game Tags=Britain, Pre-1700,
+|Description=<p>Only known from Francis Willughby&rsquo;s 17th century <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Book of Games</span>, hornebillets is played with a cat (fashioned from animal horn), which is thrown toward holes defended by players with dog-sticks. When they hit the cat,&nbsp;batters run to the next hole, placing the stick in the hole before the cat can be retrieved and&nbsp;be put into the hole. The number of holes depends on the number of players on each team.</p>
 |Sources=<p><span>David Cram, et al., editors,&nbsp;</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Francis Willughby&rsquo;s Book of Games&nbsp;(Ashgate, 2003), page 182.</span></p>
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