Ancient sport
The Greeks had a pastime called Hippas, which, we are told, was one person riding upon the shoulders of another, as upon a horse; a sport of this kind was in practice with us at the commencement of the fourteenth century, but generally performed by two competitors who struggled one with the other, and he who pulled his opponent from the shoulders of his carrier was the victor.
Two boys challenging each other
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A Cock dancing on Stilts to the Music of a Pipe and Tabor
A curious ancient Pastime
A Green Man
A Horse dancing
A Wodehouse
Ancient-Chess-play
Balancing 2
Balancing
Bob-Cherry
Bowling.—XIII. Century
Bowling.—XIV. Century 2
Bowling.—XIV. Century
Boy and Butterfly.—XIV. Century
Buckler-Play.—XIV. Century
Burlesque Music
Circular Chess-board.—XIV Century
Cock-throwing Triumph
Diving for Apples
Dog.—XIV. Century
Fixed Quintain—XIV. Century
The following representation of a lad mounted on a wooden horse with four wheels, and drawn by two of his comrades tilting at the immoveable quintain, is taken from a MS. in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, dated 1344.
Frog in the Middle
Hand-bells.—XIV. Century
Hare and Tabor
Hoodman Blind.—XIV. Century 2
Hoodman Blind.—XIV. Century 3
Hoodman Blind.—XIV. Century
Horse and Tabor 2
Horse and Tabor
Hot-Cockles
Imitation of dog - XIV. Century
Imitation of Stag -XIV. Century.
Imitaton of Goat - XIV. Century
Kayles.—XIV. Century 2
Kayles.—XIV. Century
Old Dice-box.
Shuttle-cock.—XIV. Century
Sword-Play—XIII. Century 2
Sword-Play—XIII. Century
Tables.—XIII. Century
Tables.—XIV. Century
The Ace of Roses
The King of Columbines
The Knave of Pinks
The Paper Windmill
The Queen of Rabbits