stoolball

Updated: May 24, 2025

At Easter the local favourite sport was renewed with zest and eagerness, and almost everywhere foot-races were run, the prize of the conqueror being a tansy-cake. Stoolball and barley-brake were also favourite games in this month, as Poor Robin says in his Almanack for 1677.

P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield - Old English Sports, Pastimes and Customs