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By 1475 hunting was popular and bows and arrows were highly prized by children.
Board games were well-developed and included chess and backgammon. Also popular were running, archery, snowballing, blind-man’s buff, bowls, nutting, birds’ nesting and cockfighting.
Tennis emerged in the 15th century and was first played by hitting a ball against a wall.
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