Ancient Longball
Montessori Physical Education
MARCH 30, 2025
Rounders and Cricket come to mind when we think of English pre-baseball bat-and-ball games. With even more investigation, we find an ancient game called Stoolball, which was played by milkmaids. The game had connections to ancient fertility rituals but later was coopted by the church as part of an Easter tradition. The research into English bat-and-ball sports is rich because sports historians have long debated the origins of American baseball.
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