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javasaurus ([personal profile] javasaurus) wrote2007-10-03 10:11 am

Medieval football lives!

In a series of side comments in this post of [livejournal.com profile] elvisolb, comments were made about football, how games of that name existed as far back as medieval, even ancient Roman times. [livejournal.com profile] rsteachout noted this wikipedia football reference as evidence (read section 2.1.2: Medieval and early modern Europe).

When I read the article, I noted a similarity between medieval football and a game call Ba' that occurs annually in Kirkwall (in Orkney, Scotland). Check out this description of a wild game that occurs in modern times!