Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880 · New York : Clark Austin & co. · leaf 113
rs : the battledoors are covered with parch-ment; and the object of the players is to keep the bird con-stantly passing and re-passing in the air, by means of strikingit with the battledoors. Some people become so expert at it,that they can keep it up more than a thousand times, withoutonce… … CUP AND BALL. Here a wooden ball, with a hole in it, is used instead of a bird. A stick is made with a cup at one end, and a point at the other. The object is to catch it in the cup, or on the point. The cup and ball are fastened together with a string. SXOW-BALLING.I like this exercise, because it…
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