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Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire
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Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Publisher:
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Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire
Author: Robert Craig Maclagan
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Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Folklore and Folklife
Author: Richard M. Dorson
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226158713
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Describes the characteristics of folk cultures and discusses the procedures used by social scientists to study folklife.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226158713
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Describes the characteristics of folk cultures and discusses the procedures used by social scientists to study folklife.
The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire
Author: Robert Craig Maclagan
Publisher:
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Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Catalogue of the Library of Henry W. Poor ...
Author: Henry William Poor
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Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Languages : en
Pages : 474
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Libraries, History, Diplomacy, and the Performing Arts
Author: Carleton Sprague Smith
Publisher: Pendragon Press
ISBN: 9780945193135
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Publisher: Pendragon Press
ISBN: 9780945193135
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 484
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Folklore
Author: Joseph Jacobs
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Most vols. for 1890- contain list of members of the Folk-lore Society.
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 652
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Most vols. for 1890- contain list of members of the Folk-lore Society.
Publications
Author: Folklore Society (Great Britain)
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 814
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 814
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Pastime Lost
Author: David Block
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496214161
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Long before baseball became America’s national pastime, English citizens of all ages, genders, and classes of society were playing a game called baseball. It had the same basic elements as modern American baseball, such as pitching and striking the ball, running bases, and fielding, but was played with a soft ball on a smaller playing field and, instead of a bat, the ball was typically struck by the palm of the hand. There is no doubt, however, that this simpler English version of baseball was the original form of the pastime and was the immediate forerunner of its better-known American offspring. Strictly a social game, English baseball was played for nearly two hundred years before fading away at the beginning of the twentieth century. Despite its longevity and its important role in baseball’s evolution, however, today it has been completely forgotten. In Pastime Lost David Block unearths baseball’s buried history and brings it back to life, illustrating how English baseball was embraced by all sectors of English society and exploring some of the personalities, such as Jane Austen and King George III, who played the game in their childhoods. While rigorously documenting his sources, Block also brings a light touch to his story, inviting us to follow him on some of the adventures that led to his most important discoveries. Purchase the audio edition.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 1496214161
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Long before baseball became America’s national pastime, English citizens of all ages, genders, and classes of society were playing a game called baseball. It had the same basic elements as modern American baseball, such as pitching and striking the ball, running bases, and fielding, but was played with a soft ball on a smaller playing field and, instead of a bat, the ball was typically struck by the palm of the hand. There is no doubt, however, that this simpler English version of baseball was the original form of the pastime and was the immediate forerunner of its better-known American offspring. Strictly a social game, English baseball was played for nearly two hundred years before fading away at the beginning of the twentieth century. Despite its longevity and its important role in baseball’s evolution, however, today it has been completely forgotten. In Pastime Lost David Block unearths baseball’s buried history and brings it back to life, illustrating how English baseball was embraced by all sectors of English society and exploring some of the personalities, such as Jane Austen and King George III, who played the game in their childhoods. While rigorously documenting his sources, Block also brings a light touch to his story, inviting us to follow him on some of the adventures that led to his most important discoveries. Purchase the audio edition.
Dorsetshire Folk-lore
Author: John Symonds Udal
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Category : Dorset (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dorset (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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