Knurr and Spell
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Knurr and Spell is a sport once very popular in the Yorkshire
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, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries, but which declined rapidly to relative obscurity during the 21st century. The game involves a wooden or pottery ball (the "Knurr") being ejected from a mechanical device with a spring-loaded cup (the "Spell"), and then hit with a shaped stick called a pommel.

Game play

The game is played by a single player at any one time, who uses a stick with a shaped flat end, called a pommel to play. The player strikes a mechanical trap, called a Spell to release the spring-loaded ball, usually ceramic, but sometimes made of wood, and called a Knurr.

The object of the game is to hit the Knurr the furthest out of all people in the competition, with people taking turns to play.
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