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Playing Games During the Holiday
Games like Nine Men’s Morris (a cross between checkers and tic-tac-toe) and stoolball (similar to baseball and cricket) were homemade games available to the working and servant classes, however, working men and women did not normally have much leisure time for game-playing.
Kissing Ball
The kissing ball, or bough, comes to us from the Middle Ages.
Tudor Word Search
A Tudor Word Search
Lord of Misrule
If you have ever watched a movie like Freaky Friday, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle or Your Name, you are familiar with the idea of two people swapping bodies and living each other’s lives for a while.