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Furness Dialect Dictionary
lækin abootplaying games (2) |
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Furness Dialect Dictionary
lækin aboot
playing games (2)
- cuddles - game resembling cricket, with sticks for bats, a short stick for a ball, and a hole in the ground for wickets
- catty - hockey
- punch bô - foot ball
- kep bô - hand ball
- læcho - modified form of tennis, the ball thrown over a high wall, shed etc
- guinea pig - tip cat, a boy's game
- spell an knor - spell = the trap, knur = a round piece of hard wood; and pum = a kind of bat used in the game 'spell and knur'
spell, the trap used in the game spell and knurr
