Picture No | 10052986 |
Date | circa 17th century |
Description | Game of Hot-cockles! |
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A popular family game at Christmas, person blindfolded, knelt down with their head in someone's lap, while guessing who was hitting them from behind! This was an early form of Blind Man's Buff.
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Source | Engraving after a manuscript of the romance of Meliadus reproduced in T Wright 'Homes of Other Days' page 244 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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