2-701-068 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

La Soule, en Basse - Normandie, from L'Illustration, pub February 28, 1852 (engraving). Traditionally a team game played in Normandy after church at Christmas and Easter and on Saints' days; Objective of game was to get the ball into the opponents goal using sticks, hands and feet; the ball (la Soule) was made from wood or leather stuffed with hay, horsehair, or moss.