THE

SPORTS AND PASTIMES

OF THE

PEOPLE OF ENGLAND:

INCLUDING THE

RURAL AND DOMESTIC RECREATIONS,
MAY GAMES, MUMMERIES, SHOWS, PROCESSIONS, PAGEANTS, & POMPOUS SPECTACLES
FROM
THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME.

BY JOSEPH STRUTT.

ILLUSTRATED BY
One Hundred and Forty Engravings.

IN WHICH ARE REPRESENTED

MOST OF THE POPULAR DIVERSIONS;
SELECTED FROM ANCIENT PAINTINGS.

A NEW EDITION, WITH A COPIOUS INDEX,

BY WILLIAM HONE,
AUTHOR OF THE EVERY-DAY BOOK, TABLE BOOK, YEAR BOOK, ETC.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THOMAS TEGG,
73, CHEAPSIDE.
1845.

J. Haddon, Printer, Castle Street, Finsbury.