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 342
94. Kayles.—XIV. Century. In this engraving, from a Book of Prayers in the possessionof Francis Douce, esq., the pastime of kayles is playing with sixpins. The annexed is from another drawing on a MS. in theRoyal Library. … 95. Kayles.—XIV. Century. Here the pastime is played with eight pins; and the form ofthese pins is also different, but that might depend entirely uponthe fancy of the makers. One of them, in both cases, is tallerthan the rest. The arrangement of the kayle-pins differs greatly from thatof the…
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