"Aunt Sally" backdrop at public house
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"Aunt Sally" backdrop at public house
Image: © David Hawgood Taken: 25 Sep 2015
Aunt Sally is a game in which players throw sticks or balls at a model of an old woman's head. Beside this suspended fabric backdrop is a blackboard marked for three rounds (legs or horses) by the members of home and away teams. As a pub game it is apparently confined to Oxfordshire; this is at the Shepherd's Crook in Crowell, Oxfordshire. It is seen more generally as a fairground game.
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