Croquet arrived in Britain in 1851, after being brought to to the mainland by an Irish lady, Miss McNaghten who had seen peasants paying it in France with hoops made of willow rods. pic.twitter.com/joaWBF3sdK
— Historygirl (@janeyellene) February 7, 2022
The beautiful game.
*thwacks foot*
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Mainland ?
Fight!
Croquet may have been played by peasants in la belle France, but in Ireland it became a game for the middle classes and Big House aristocrats. Darts and snakes & ladders are for the proletariat and peasant masses. Some favour tiddly winks.
I like a game of pétanque, I brought back my balls n all.
The game improves steadily with the consumption of chilled wine or pastis. It’s like a pint for a game of darts, if it’s a game you can play with a drink you can’t really call it a sport ?
never gets old
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SJnSmQCxkg
ha
I’ve got some balls as well.
The question is not whether you should, it’s that you must.
Or a mallet