Introductory material

I. Popular manly Pastimes imitated by Children—II. Horses—III. Racing and Chacing—IV. Wrestling and other Gymnastic Sports—V. Marbles, and Span-counter—VI. Tops, &c.;—The Devil among the Tailors—VII. Even or Odd—Chuck-halfpenny;—Duck and Drake—VIII. Baste the Bear;—Hunt the Slipper, &c.—IX. Sporting with Insects;—Kites;—Windmills—X. Bob-cherry—XI. Hoodman-blind;—Hot-cockles—XII. Cock-fighting—XIII. Anonymous Pastimes;—Mock Honours at Boarding-schools—XIV. Houses of Cards;—Questions and Commands;—Handy-dandy;—Snap-dragon;—Push-pin;—Crambo;—Lotteries —XV. Obsolete Pastimes-XVI. Creag;—Queke-board;—Hand in and Hand out;—White and Black, and Making and Marring;—Figgum;—Mosel the Peg;-Hole about the Church-yard;—Penny-prick;—Pick-point, &c.;—Mottoes, Similes, and Cross-purposes;—The Parson has lost his Cloak 379