MAY.

May-day Festivities—May-pole—Morris-dancers—The Book of Sports—Bowling—Beating the Bounds—George Herbert's description of a Country Parson

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[CHAPTER VI.]

JUNE.

Whitsuntide Sports—Church-ales—Church-house—Quarter-staff— Whistling and Jingling Matches—St. John's Eve—Wrestling

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[CHAPTER VII.]

JULY.

Cricket—Club-ball—Trap-ball—Golf—Pall-mall—Tennis— Rush-bearing