Aunt Sally is a traditional English game usually played in pub gardens and fairgrounds, in which players throw sticks or battens at a ball, known as a 'dolly', balanced on top of a stick; traditionally, a model of an old woman's head was sometimes used.[1] Leagues of pub teams still play the game,[2] throughout the spring and summer months, mainly in Oxfordshire and some bordering counties.[3] In France, the game is called jeu de massacre ("game of carnage").[4][5]
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- ^ "Massacre". Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, LLC. Retrieved 18 March 2018.