sports and pastimes

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• sports — /spawrts, spohrts/, adj. 1. of or pertaining to a sport or sports, esp. of the open air or athletic kind: a sports festival. 2. (of garments, equipment, etc.) suitable for use in open air sports, or for outdoor or informal use. [1910 15; SPORT +… …   Universalium

• SPORTS — There is no evidence of sports among the Jews during the obscure period between the close of the Bible and the Maccabean periods. At the beginning of this latter period, in the second century B.C.E., circumstances conspired to make sporting… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Sports Museum — The Sports Museum was a sports museum in Singapore, located in the West Entrance of the National Stadium. The Sports Museum was established in 1983 to preserve and showcase Singapore s sporting heritage. It was opened to the public in May 1983 to …   Wikipedia

• blood sports —    Many of the traditional sports and pastimes of England were what would now be classed as blood sports and have long since been outlawed and suppressed. Badger baiting, bear baiting, bull baiting, *bull running, dog fighting, *cock fighting,… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• Joseph Strutt (engraver and antiquary) — Joseph Strutt (born 1749 in Chelmsford, Essex; died 1802) was an English engraver and antiquary.Joseph Strutt, engraver, artist, antiquary and author, was born at Chelmsford in 1749. In 1770 he became a student of the Royal Academy, and in the… …   Wikipedia

• Traditional Easter games and customs — There are a large number of traditional Easter games and customs in the Christian world. Many of these games incorporate easter eggs. Although adopted into the Christian tradition of Easter, these games are probably based in ancient fertility… …   Wikipedia

• Bull and Terrier — Infobox Dogbreed altname = None country = Britain image caption = Bull and Terrier name = Bull and Terrier note = Progenitor to the Staffordshire Bull Terrier notrecognized = true Bull and Terrier is a breed of dog.HistoryThe Bull and Terrier is… …   Wikipedia

• Sport and Travel in the Far East — is a book published in 1910 by American ambassador and writer Joseph Grew. It highlights the hunting and the people of Asia, including hunting Tiger in China. It was a favorite of Theodore Roosevelt, who was also an avid sportsman. Roosevelt… …   Wikipedia

• sport and leisure —    Sports activities are administered centrally by the Sports Council (Consejo Superior de Deportes CSD), which forms part of the Ministry of Education and Culture, and is headed by a Secretary of State, equal in status to the Secretary of State… …   Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture

• Book of Sports — (1618, 1633)    The King s Declaration of Lawful Sports, commonly called The Book of Sports, was first issued by James I in 1618, as a response to zealous Lancashire justices who had banned all popular sports and games on Sundays. This was but… …   A Dictionary of English folklore

• Culture of Saint Kitts and Nevis — The culture of St. Kitts and Nevis, two small Caribbean islands forming one country, has grown mainly out of the West African traditions of the slave population brought in during the colonial period. French and British colonists both settled the… …   Wikipedia