May played out in A.M. Went over home in P.M. Played "500" in eve. Pa & I beat Ma & Fred. Ernest went downtown. May played too.
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Transcription of a 1915 - 1919 diary written by my husband's grandmother Ada May (Grimshaw) Illingworth who lived in Springfield, Vermont.
Henry Fisher, in his 1870 diary, also uses the expression "went over home." I like it.
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