Glig-gamena angel-deod, or, The sports and pastimes of the people of England : including the rural and domestic recreations, May-games, mummeries, pageants, processions, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time : illustrated by engravings selected from ancient paintings in which are represented most of the popular diversions (1810)
Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802 · London : Printed by T. Bensley, for White and Co. [and 7 more] · leaf 293
Pi.xvni. … BOOK III. OF THE PEOPLE OF ENGLAND. feats of activity now called vaulting and tumbling; and such exertionsoften formed part of the dances that were publicly exhibited by thegleemen and the minstrels; for which reason, the Anglo-Saxon writersfrequently used the terms of leaping and tumbling for…
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