Games unknown, 14th century. A performer biting a rope with his teeth, performers dressed as monks and nuns playing Hippas or piggyback wrestling, and three men carrying a naked man and a harness on a pole, possibly from the Festival of Fools.

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Games unknown, 14th century. A performer biting a rope with his teeth, performers dressed as monks and nuns playing Hippas or piggyback wrestling, and three men carrying a naked man and a harness on a pole, possibly from the Festival of Fools. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.

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Size: 5260px × 5952px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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