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Original score of Pastime with Good Company (c. 1513), held in the British Library, London "Pastime with Good Company", also known as "The King's Ballad" ("The Kynges Balade"), is an English folk song written by King Henry VIII in the early 16th century, when he was in his early twenties, teens or even younger. [1]
He wrote, "The comedian, whose favorite pastime is drinking cocktails, is clever. In fact, [he is] the best one Mack Sennett has ever sprung on the public. He is a new one and deserves mention." Motion Picture News was also full of praise for His Favorite Pastime. Its reviewer wrote, "If there is an audience any where that does not roar when ...
In the 17th century, the term was used in a pejorative sense by suggesting that a hobby was a childish pursuit, however, in the 18th century with more industrial society and more leisure time, hobbies took on greater respectability. [4] A hobby is also called a pastime, derived from the use of hobbies to pass the time.
The plays were an extremely popular pastime, with William Shakespeare's plays taking the lead in audience. [citation needed] Quite a few theatres were built in and around London at this time including "The Globe", "The Swan" and "The Fortune". Little scenery was used but props were used widely.
After dinner the older individuals entertain the others by telling them tales and anecdotes. Another favorite and prevalent pastime of the night of Chelleh is fāl-e Ḥāfeẓ, which is divination using the Dīvān of Hafez (i.e. bibliomancy). It is believed that one should not divine by the Dīvān of Hafez more than three times, however, or ...
Celebrities are just like Us — and love taking in a ballgame at their favorite baseball stadium. Some stars have even gone as far as throwing the first pitch, like Emma Stone’s husband, Dave ...
Travel literature and other sources describe ship passengers improvising shuffleboard games on deck (also called deck billiards or deck skittles) as early as the 1830s to pass time at sea. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] One account describes shuffleboard as "a kind of deck bagatelle ," a then-popular billiards game with numbered scoring targets. [ 8 ]