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Caich Leather balls

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From Advocates Close, Edinburgh

Postcard of Caich Leather balls.
000-100-103-137-C
© National Museums Scotland

Caich Leather balls

Caich was a ball game. A progenitor of fives, caich was played between two individuals or teams of equal numbers. The object was to drive the ball against a wall so that at the end of a rally, the winners were those who had struck it furthest from the wall. Caich died out on the East Coast of Scotland about 1850. There were various forms of games in which players used their palms to strike a ball against a wall: all called caich. It depended on having a ball which was stuffed so tightly with straw, rags or feathers that it bounced.

These two leather balls were found in a hole in a wall during building work being carried out in Advocates Close in Edinburgh. The balls could date from between 1600 and 1800. The balls are hand-sewn and stuffed with straw.


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Online ID: 000-100-103-137-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  H.1995.226
Date: 1600 - 1800
1600 - 1800
Between 1600 and 1800
Material: Leather
Leather
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What: Ball
Ball
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Where: Scotland, Edinburgh (Advocates Close)
Scotland, Edinburgh (Advocates Close)
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Description: Leather ball found in a hole in a wall during building work being carried out in Advocates Close, Edinburgh, 1600 - 1800
Leather ball found in a hole in a wall during building work being carried out in Advocates Close, Edinburgh, 1600 - 1800
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