The traditional games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with tunes, singing-rhymes, and methods of playing according to the variants extant and recorded in different parts of the Kingdom; (1894)
Gomme, Alice Bertha · London : D. Nutt · leaf 337
sh and strike each other with their shoulders, but must notkick or trip up with their feet, or use their hands or elbows.The game is usually won by the Horse and Knight whothrow their opponents twice out of three times (G. L. Gomme). 312 KNOCKED AT THE RAPPER Strutt {Sports, p. 84) describes this,… … of which is here reproduced from the original MS. in theBritish Museum. The game is also described in the Rev. J.G. Woods Modern Playmate, p. 12. Knocked at the Rapper The girl who spoke of this game, says Miss Peacock, couldonly remember its details imperfectl3, but as far as she recollectsit is…
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