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Re: Peasants and armies..the games
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Fri, 17 Mar 2000 01:48:48 GMT
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> > unfortunately I can't tell you offhand what sort of games the Castle folk
> > would have played, need to do a bit of research on that. They probably all
> > dance a lot, though. Dancing was a great social activity for all classes.
Games from 500 to 1649 AD were of the following:
Hoodman's Bluff; the same as blindmans bluff
Hot Cockles:A Lady or GEntleman kneels and is blindfolded. The other
participants take turns hititng the person over the head, trying to knock the
blindfolded person over until the blindfolded person can identify the agressors
Mummings: Skits or plays put on by peasents, roles of women were palyed by men
Cockfights: A nasty pastime where fowl fought
Masques: costume balls that originated under the rule of Henry VIII
Ballon or Windball: Handball palyed with an inflated bladder
Bull or Bear Baiting
Checkers or Draughts
Chess
Dice
Pall-mall (early form of croquet)
Anyway, enough for now
Dave
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| (...) agressors (...) Also common, in a more martial bent, for those of you with armies to entertain <grin>... Pells - knights and squires would ride at a dummy that simulates an opponent, and attempt to catch small rings (4 inch diameter, or so) on (...) (24 years ago, 17-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (FUT .o-t.fun) (...) Hmm.. I'm really awful at all sports but I always managed a B- minimum... why, you ask? Cause I had asthma... So if I did *anything* at all, my teachers would classify it as 'tried hard, nice efforts'... <grin> ... and here in (...) (24 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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