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.
In the mid-19th century, Father W. Ferris identified two primary types of caid: the "field game" where the objective was to score through arch-like goals formed from tree branches; and the lengthy "cross-country game," which lasted most of Sunday's daylight hours and ended when one team crossed a parish boundary.