Old English Sports
by P. H. Ditchfield
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About this eBook
- Author
- Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson), 1854-1930
- Title
- Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs
- Credits
- E-text prepared by Jonathan Ingram, Richard J. Shiffer, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DA: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Great Britain, Ireland, Central Europe
- Subject
- Amusements -- England
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 14315
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/14315
- Release Date
- December 10, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.OLD ENGLISH SPORTS — Pastimes and Customs — BY — P.H. DITCHFIELD, M.A.
- 3.PREFACE.
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.OLD ENGLISH SPORTS.
- 6.CHAPTER I. — JANUARY. — Dedication Festivals—New Year's Day—"Wassail"—Twelfth Night—"King of the Bean"—St. Distaff's Day—Plough Monday—Winter Games—Skating—Sword-dancing.
- 7.CHAPTER II. — FEBRUARY. — Hunting—Candlemas Day—St. Blaize's Day—Shrove-tide— Football—Battledore and Shuttlecock—Cock-throwing.
- 8.CHAPTER III. — MARCH. — Archery—Lent—"Mothering" Sunday—Palm Sunday— "Shere" Thursday—Watching the Sepulchre.
- 9.CHAPTER IV. — APRIL. — Easter Customs—Pace Eggs—Handball in Churches—Sports confined to Special Localities—Stoolball and Barley-brake —Water Tournament—Quintain—Chester Sports—Hock-tide.
- 10.CHAPTER V. — MAY. — May Day Festivities—May-pole—Morris-dancers—The Book of Sports—Bowling—Beating the Bounds—George Herbert's description of a Country Parson.
- 11.CHAPTER VI. — JUNE. — Whitsuntide Sports—Church-ales—Church-house—Quarter-staff —Whistling and Jingling Matches—St. John's Eve—Wrestling.
- 12.CHAPTER VII. — JULY. — Cricket—Club-ball—Trap-ball—Golf—Pall-mall—Tennis— Rush-bearing
- 13.CHAPTER VIII. — AUGUST. — Lammas Day—St. Roch's Day—Harvest-home—"Ten-pounding"— Sheep-shearing—"Wakes"—Fairs.
- 14.CHAPTER IX. — SEPTEMBER. — Hawking—Michaelmas—Bull and Bear-baiting.
- 15.CHAPTER X. — OCTOBER. — Tournaments— Mysteries — Moralities — Pageants .
- 16.CHAPTER XI. — NOVEMBER. — All-hallow Eve—"Soul Cakes"—Diving for Apples—The Fifth of November—Martinmas— Demands Joyous —Indoor Games.
- 17.CHAPTER XII. — DECEMBER. — St. Nicholas Day—The Boy Bishop—Christmas Eve—Christmas Customs—Mummers—"Lord of Misrule"—Conclusion.
- 18.FOOTNOTES
- 19.INDEX.
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