Quoits: The Poddle

Description

Adult males deciding turns and partners at the start of a quoits game. The men have used a walking stick as a marker, at which pocket knives have been thrown in order to decide turns. This process is known as the poddle. One of the men is has removed a knife from the ground, and hands it back to its owner. The game is being played on a grass verge next to the road at Castle Bolton ( Wensleydale). Quoits from a previous game can be seen on the grass in the foreground. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P1767 and LAVC/PHO/P1768. With ms. note. Card 2 in a series of 2. Originally held in Photo File: Games.

Metadata

Identifier k2z86734
IRN 412719
Class Mark LAVC/PHO/P1769
Level Item
Type of Record Archives - ISAD(G)
Peristent Link http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/k2z86734
Collection(s) Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture
Category Archive
Parent Record Games: Photocards
Creator(s) Kissling, Werner
Date July 1964
Size and Medium 1 mounted photographic print.

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