Korean games : with notes on the corresponding games of China and Japan (1895)
Culin, Stewart, 1858-1929 · Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania · leaf 98
would appear that the battledore had an emblematic significance; probablyfrom its name, that of the womans paddle used in washing clothes. This seems to be in a measureconfirmed by the use of the seed of the soap-berry tree as a shuttlecock, although I have no evi^dence that the soap-berry was ever… … PLATE X. KOREAN KICKED SHUTTLECOCK. SHUTTLECOCK KICKING. 41 that kicking the Foot-ball is a military resource, the ability of soldiers beingtested by play, which furthermore explains military tactics.
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