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The sports and pastimes of the people of England; including the rural and domestic recreations, May games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time.

Title
The sports and pastimes of the people of England; including the rural and domestic recreations, May games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time. By Joseph Strutt. Edited by William Hone. Illustrated by one hundred and forty engravings, from ancient manuscripts.
Author
Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802.
Publication
London, Chatto and Windus, 1876.

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Additional Authors
Hone, William, 1780-1842
Description
2 p. ., [iii]-xii, 530 p. col. front., illus.; 20 cm.
Summary
A good-hearted fellow who lives by the sea in a paper house and makes paper boats for the village children comes up against the devil in a life or death situation which can be salvaged only by his skill with paper folding.
Subject
  • Games > England
  • Sports > England
  • Games
  • Manners and customs
  • Sports
  • Recreatie
  • Sport
  • Spel
  • England > Social life and customs
  • England
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
LCCN
  • 07022736
  • PML 79507
OCLC
  • ocm01037665
  • 1037665
  • SCSB-121125
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library