Mark said:
> There's also that strange game played once a year in Stromness in the
> Orkneys--can't remember what it's called. Takes a full year for the
injured
> to heal and the dead to be buried.
Oh, that was the *original* version of soccer.
Rumour has it that the First Football was a viking's head, there was no
limit to how many people were on either team, and the goal-posts were three
miles apart.
At least shinty had *some* rules, but Orkney soccer could sometimes get
quite seriously violent.
St. Magnus
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