 | Jehoshaphat Aspin - England - 1825 - 330 pages
...has a base, or home, at the distance of about twenty or thirty yards from that of the opposing party. The players then, on either side, taking hold of hands, extend themselves in length as far as they conveniently can, always taking care that one of them may touch the base. When any one... | |
 | Jehoshaphat Aspin - Amusements - 1832 - 302 pages
...has a base, or home, at the distance of about twenty or thirty yards from that of the opposing party. The players then, on either side, taking hold of hands, extend themselves in length as far as they conveniently can, always taking care that one of them may touch the base. When any one... | |
 | Jehoshaphat Aspin (historian.) - 1835 - 378 pages
...base, or home, at the distance of about twenty or thirty yards from that of the opposing party, ^e players then, on either side, taking hold of hands, extend themselves in length as far as they conveniently can, always taking care that one of them may touch the base. When any one... | |
 | Joseph Strutt - England - 1838 - 492 pages
...especially in Cheshire and other adjoining counties, where formerly it seems to have been in high repute. The performance of this pastime requires two parties...always remembering that one of them must touch the base; when any one of them quits the hand of his fellow and runs into the field, which is called giving... | |
 | Joseph Strutt - Games - 1838 - 500 pages
...especially in Cheshire and other adjoining counties, where formerly it seems to have been in high repute. The performance of this pastime requires two parties...the distance of about twenty or thirty yards. The plajers then on either side taking hold of hands, extend themselves in length, and opposite to each... | |
 | Edward Hinchliffe - Barthomley (England) - 1856 - 430 pages
...especially in Cheshire and other adjoining counties, where formerly it seems to have been in high repute. " The performance of this pastime requires two parties...thirty yards. The players, then, on either side taking bold of hands, extend themselves in length, and opposite to each other, as far as they conveniently... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 532 pages
...especially in Cheshire and other adjoining counties, where formerly it seems to have been in high repute. The performance of this pastime requires two parties...always remembering that one of them must touch the base ; when any one of them quits the hand of his fellow and runs into the field, which is called giving... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 532 pages
...especially in Cheshire and other adjoining counties, where formerly it seems to have been in high repute. The performance of this pastime requires two parties...always remembering that one of them must touch the base ; when any one of them quits the hand of his fellow and runs into the field, which is called giving... | |
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The performance of this pastime requires two parties of equal number, each of them having a base or home, as it is usually called, to themselves, at the distance of about twenty or thirty yards. The players then on either side taking hold of hands, extend... 
