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" In ancient times in this parish, the meanest and simplest sort of people, yea, the plain ploughmen were skilful at chess play, and being altogether Welshmen of language, had proper names for the chess board and the several sorts of men. The play they... "
The British Chess Magazine - Página 289
1893
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Welsh sketches, by the author of 'Proposals for Christian union'.

Ernest Silvanus Appleyard - 1852 - 180 páginas
...chess-players; nor was this proficiency confined to the educated classes. George Owen* writes, — " In ancient times in this parish, the meanest and simplest...people, yea, the plain ploughmen, were skilful at chess-play ; and being Welshmen of language, had proper names for the chess-board and several sorts...
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Nooks and Corners of Pembrokeshire

1895 - 268 páginas
...is a curious tradition anent the yokels of Whitechurch parish. Says our trusty friend George Owen, ' In ancient times in this parish the Meanest and simplest Sort of people, yea the plain ploughmen, were Skillful at chess play ; they never being dwelling out of their Parish, but unlitterate, and brought...
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A History of Chess

Harold James Ruthven Murray - 1913 - 966 páginas
...in his Description of Pembrokeshire (1603), says of the parish of Whitchurch that ' in ancient times the meanest and simplest sort of people, yea, the plain ploughmen, were skilful at chess play '. He adds that he had seen many good players there. There are also several references in / French...
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Bye-gones, Relating to Wales and the Border Counties

1895 - 566 páginas
...George Owen, the Elizabethan historian of Pembrokeshire, says of his parish of Whitchurch in Kernes—" In ancient times in this parish the meanest and simplest...altogether Welshmen of language, had proper names for the chess board and the several sorts of men. The play they called Frintiol Tawlbwrdd, the kings and queens...
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