Tea and Croquet
Anna, Duchess of Bedford, became well known for her at-home tea parties in about 1860; and what else would one do at a tea party, play croquet!
Croquet was initially a game for the well-to-do Europeans. The object of croquet is to complete the course of nine wickets and hit the finishing stake before your opponents do. A ball scores a wicket by passing through each wicket, however, there are rules governing the manner and means by which a player may enter a wicket.
When croquet first came to the United States, tea and croquet parties were an important part of daily social graces. During the summer at country estates, tea was held outside.
What beautiful occasions these must have been.
Although we no longer have to contend with étiquette concerning ladies moving across the court with their one skirts, there are stiff rules of polite and correct behavior that should be maintained during a croquet match.
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