Aunt Sally

Aunt Sally (English Aunt Sally ) - English folk game, very common until the middle of the XX century at fairs, walks and summer resorts; in the bars of some English counties (Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire) still exists. Refers to British folk sports fun ^[1] .

The meaning of the game is to throw hard balls made of wood or leather-covered yarn into dressed dolls depicting various characters, most often a grotesque female doll called "Aunt Sally", with the aim of knocking out a smoking pipe that was inserted into the mouth or into doll's forehead; each player usually had six attempts. The female figure was often a fake figure .

In France, the game was popular under the name jeu de massacre . There were also several variations of the game, in one of which it was necessary to get something into the head of a living person looking through a hole in the canvas. In the event of a hit, the game either resumed or ended with the presentation of a prize.