In Moonrakings, A Little Book of Wiltshire Stories, compiled by members of the county’s Women’s Institutes, arranged by Edith Olivier and Margaret Edwards, published in 1979, Mrs R. Adams, writing about old customs and games at Maiden Bradley, noted:
“Bumball Toopey, a very ancient game, was the favourite game of the drinking houses of the village. While enjoying this game, once, a visitor to Bradley Fair stated that Archbishop Laud had been caught with a crucifix under his vest. This remark caused the unwary traveller subsequent trouble.”