One observer in the mid-19th century, Father W. Ferris, described two main forms of caid during this period: the "field game" in which the object was to put the ball through arch-like goals, formed from the boughs of two trees, and; the epic "cross-country game" which took up most of the daylight hours of a Sunday on which it was played, and was won by one team taking the ball across a parish boundary.
One observer in the mid-19th century, Father W. Ferris, delineated two primary types of caid during that era: the "field game" where the goal was to get the ball through arch-like goals made from tree branches; and the lengthy "cross-country game," which consumed most of a Sunday's daylight hours and was determined by one team crossing a parish boundary.