And then both Men and Women do begin their proper works; the Man with his Ax, Bill, and Hough, and the Woman with her Broom, Pestle, and Fan to clean her Corn.
[A Play or a Sacrafice.] There is another Sport, which generally all People used with much delight, being, as they called it, a Sacrifice to one of their Gods; to wit, Potting Dio.

And the benefit of it is, that it frees the Countrey from grief and Diseases.

For the beastliness of the Exercise they never celebrated it near any Town, nor in sight of Women, but in a remote place.

The manner of the Game is thus.

They have two crooked sticks like Elbows, one hooked into the other, and so with contrivances they pull with Ropes, until the one break the other; some riding with one stick, and some with the other; but never is Money laid on either side.