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

by Joseph Strutt

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THE
SPORTS AND PASTIMES
OF THE
PEOPLE OF ENGLAND:

INCLUDING THE
RURAL AND DOMESTIC RECREATIONS,
MAY GAMES, MUMMERIES, SHOWS, PROCESSIONS, PAGEANTS, & POMPOUS SPECTACLES
FROM
THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY JOSEPH STRUTT.

ILLUSTRATED BY
One Hundred and Forty Engravings.

IN WHICH ARE REPRESENTED

MOST OF THE POPULAR DIVERSIONS;
SELECTED FROM ANCIENT PAINTINGS.

A NEW EDITION, WITH A COPIOUS INDEX,
BY WILLIAM HONE,
AUTHOR OF THE EVERY-DAY BOOK, TABLE BOOK, YEAR BOOK, ETC.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG,
73, CHEAPSIDE.
1845.

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