The sports and pastimes of the people of England : Including the rural and domestic recreations, May games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time (1845)
Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802, Hone, William, 1780-1842 · London : T. Togg · leaf 189
And again where his opponent is seated in a swing and drawnback by a third person, so that the rope being left at liberty inthe swing, the man of course descended with great force, andstriking the foot of his antagonist with much violence, no doubtvery frequently overthrew him. … 35. The two last sports were probably never exhibited by militarymen, but by rustics and others in imitation of the human quintain.The contest between the two figures below, seems to dependupon the breaking of the stick which both of them hold, or is astruggle to overthrow each other
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