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 (1830)
Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802, Hone, William, 1780-1842 · London : Printed for William Reeves · leaf 299
lace a Onp. 176. » On p. 214. 9 Rot. Comput. temp. Edw. II. penes^T. Astle, esq» ♦ [Before 1801.] Q2 228 SPORTS AND PASTIMES BOOK III. porter-pot upon the table, raised high enough forhis feet totouch the ceiling, when his head was upon the pot. I have beentold tjiat many publicans would not permit… … 63. Remarkable Dance.—XIII. Century. Here we perceive a girl dancing upon the shoulders of thejoculalor, who at the same time is playing upon the bagpipes,and appears to be in the action of walking forwards. XXII.—WIRE-DANCING.^\ire-diuicing, at least so much of it as I have seen exhibited,appears…
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