Aunt Sally

Also known as: Aunt Sally, Sally

Culture · Daily life
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Overview

Aunt Sally, an English throwing game of fairs, racecourses and garden parties from the mid-nineteenth century: players throw sticks at a target on a post, originally a carved wooden head of an old woman with a clay pipe (footnote 025.0198.1). Marie writes the name in English.

References in Diary

  • 1874-08-01 (022/1874-08-01): a garden party at Spa: «Elle a pris part au jeu de Aunt Sally et avec un brin de tricherie remporta le premier prix, Dina eut le deuxième…»; «Entre Aunt Sally et les autres jeux on était entré aux salons».
  • 1874-11-10 (025.0198): «J'ai écrit à Foster pour Aunt Sally et Archery» — Marie orders the game (and archery sets) through her English friend Foster; the archery sets arrive in September 1875 (043/1875-09-10, Foster's letter).

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