http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinty
"Whilst erroneous comparisons are often made with field hockey, the
two sports vary wildly. In shinty, a player is allowed to play the
ball in the air and is allowed to use both sides of the stick. The
stick may also be used to block and to tackle, although a player may
not come down on an opponent's stick, this is defined as hacking. A
player may tackle using the body as long as this is
shoulder-to-shoulder as in football."
Man, that sounds vicious. What have the Scots got against each other?
Roger
On 29/06/06, Patrick Mc Manus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I am deeeply touched by all these comments on my snaplet
> P ancien P
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> Ps shinty was shitty
> A life threatening 'Game' where people hit each other with a clubthingy==
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