Aunt Sally based on a blackface doll itself inspired by a low-life character named "Black Sal", which appeared in an 1821 series of novellas entitled "Life of London" by Pierce Egan, a contemporary of Charles Dickens. The game dates back to the 17th century, although the name "Aunt Sally" may have been a later addition. It was traditionally played in central English pubs and fairgrounds. An Aunt Sally was originally the modelled head of an old woman with a clay pipe in her mouth; the object was for players to throw sticks at the head in order to break the pipe. The
Woman Is the Nigger of the World box set. An episode of the television series "Better Things", written by Pamela Adlon and Louis C.K., named "Woman is the Something of the Something," features characters discussing John Lennon's saying "woman is the nigger of the world." The characters incorrectly exclaim that the phrase is a "direct quote" from Zora Neale Hurston, and do not mention Yoko Ono's origination of the phrase. Personnel on the single and "Some Time in New York City" recording are: Woman Is the Nigger of the World "Woman Is the Nigger of the World" is a song written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono