Suffolk.
At Bury St. Edmund’s on Shrove Tuesday, Easter Monday, and the Whitsuntide festivals, twelve old women side off for a game at trap-and-ball, which is kept up with the greatest spirit and vigour until sunset. Afterwards they retire to their homes, where
“Voice, fiddle, or flute,
No longer is mute,”
and close the day with apportioned mirth and merriment.—Every Day Book, vol. i. p. 430.