_catstick_

• Format: Manuscript
• Language: English
• Published: 1972
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/16125

cat stick Then I was about eight years old. My friends and I used to play 'catch'. She would stand certain distnace apart and throw the hall to each other of about six people were playing we would home teams Often the ball was being tossed to one of the members of 'A' team, the members of "B" team would shout "Dummy,dummy nasties". This was supposed to make the person of the opposite team fail to catch the ball. The would also shout this phrase -> [reverse] When we played baseball on a mountain of the game which we called "_catstick_". In catstick, there were two teams. One team would be 'in' or "on the catstsick side" and the other team would be "out" The bat used was a flat stick called a catsick. One person on the other side would "give niks" or act as pitcher. The object on the game was to hit the ball far enough so that you could get a 'home round'. A person was 'out' if two miles were caught - hence the 'Dummy masters'; or if she were hit by the ball while she was running around the bases. Time out, meant the other team was "on the catstick sick" The game differed from baseball in that you could throw the ball - a soft rubber one- as the person running. The field was in the form of a rectangle instead of a diamond. [image] The catstick was held at knee level, with the hands grapsing the pointed end. There were no sticks, but you could be reprimanded for "not taking nicks" JH FEB 1972 NOV 25 1970 [check] DICT CEN. DICT CEN. Not used Not used Withdrawn Checked by Jordyn Hughes on Wed 13 Jul 2016, NEWFOUNDLAND FOLKLORE SURVEY