Knurr and spell (also called northern spell, nipsy or trap ball) is an old English game, once popular as a pub game. The game originated in the moors...
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Yorkshire (section Knurr and Spell)
1668. The sport of Knurr and Spell was unique to the region, being one of the most popular sports in the area during the 18th and 19th centuries, before...
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balls that travel above this imaginary line are automatically out. Knurr and spell Tip-cat Origins of baseball Pub games Stoolball Canterbury & District...
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Cleas na Slise in Ireland Jachigi in South Korea Alak Dolak in Iran. Knurr and Spell in West Yorkshire Dainty in the Louisville neighborhood of Germantown-Schnitzelburg...
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air by a simple lever mechanism: versions of this, called bat and trap and Knurr and spell, are still played in some English pubs. In trap-ball there was...
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Nipsey Russell (1918–2005), American actor, comedian, poet, and dancer Nipsy, or knurr and spell, English game Nispey, village in Iran This page lists people...
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Leeds Royal Park (category Parks and commons in Leeds)
which he got into more legal trouble for allowing betting on games of knurr and spell on the property. The Royal Park itself, which was not offered as a...
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Dungworth (category Towns and villages of the Peak District)
and a public house, the Royal Hotel. The village pub has long been a centre of village life, games of Knurr and Spell were played in the 1920s and there...
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into more legal trouble for allowing betting on games of knurr and spell on the property), and then moved to London; he became the general manager of the...
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