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Digital Library @ Villanova University (Happy Days edition)
Digital Library @ Villanova University (Happy Days edition) |
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Series: |
Happy Days
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v. 6 no. 134
— pages 13-14 Happy Days — v. 39 no. 994 — page 9 |
Subjects / Tags: |
Middle Ages Sports |
Author: |
Doughty, Francis Worcester, -1917
(Happy Days edition) |
Dates: |
May 8, 1897 (Happy Days edition) November 1, 1913 (Happy Days edition) |
First Sentence: |
Away back in the Middle Ages, seven or eight hundred years ago, people were even more devoted to sports, games and out-of-door exercises than they are now. (Happy Days edition) |
Last Sentence: |
"And so besotted are some that they not only give them money, but weare their badges openly, and, fantasticall fools that they are, give to the Lord of Misrule and his complices some bread, some good ale, some new cheese, some old cheese, some custardes, some cracknels, some cakes, some tartes, some creame, some meat, some one thing, some another. (Happy Days edition) |
Known Editions
Happy Days edition (pages 13-14 in Happy Days, v. VI, no. 134, May 8, 1897)Happy Days edition (page 9 in Happy Days, v. XXXIX, no. 994, November 1, 1913)
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