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	Cornish Hurling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A silver hurling ball which is the size of an orange, made from apple-wood and coated with silver, flies through the village streets of St.
		The ball is thrown to the crowd at the market square and the objective of the game is to control it possession in the town with deliberate passing and tackling.
		In the evening the ball is taken around the pubs of the town and dipped into a gallon jug of beer and is shared out.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hurling_the_Silver_Ball (1232 words)

	Football - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		However, by 1841 (some sources say 1842), running with the ball had become acceptable at Rugby, as long as a player gathered the ball on the full or from a bounce, he was not offside and he did not pass the ball.
		A player shall be entitled to run with the ball towards his adversaries' goal if he makes a fair catch, or catches the ball on the first bound; but in case of a fair catch, if he makes his mark he shall not run.
		If any player shall run with the ball towards his adversaries' goal, any player on the opposite side shall be at liberty to charge, hold, trip or hack him, or to wrest the ball from him, but no player shall be held and hacked at the same time.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/f/o/o/Football.html (5903 words)

	Hurling information - Search.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The ball, which is known as a sliotar, is made of leather and is 2.55 inches (65 mm) in diameter.
		If the ball is caught, the catching player may not throw it or carry it for the shorter of four paces or four seconds, but is allowed to strike the ball with a stick or hand, or by kicking.
		Hurling was first mentioned in a description of the 14th century BC Battle of Moytura where the Tuatha Dé Danann defeated the Fir Bolg in a match and, later, in a battle.
	c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com.cob-web.org:8888 /reference/Hurling (1742 words)

	BBC - Cornwall - Villages story Hurling at St Columb
		In the evening the ball is dipped into a mug of the winners drink.
		This year the silver arrived on Thursday, and the ball will be ready in good time for the next hurl on Saturday 15th March.
		He too has carried off the ball three times, with particularly strong memories of 1963 when the ball was "lost".
	www.bbc.co.uk /cornwall/villages/stories/stcolumb_hurling.shtml (607 words)

	Baseball - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When an infielder picks up a ball from the ground hit by the batter, he must throw it to the first baseman who must catch the ball and maintain contact with the base before the batter gets to it for the batter to be out.
		Common pitches include a fastball, which is the ball thrown at high speed; a curveball, which is made to curve by rotation imparted by the pitcher; and a change-up, which seeks to mimic the delivery of a fastball but arrives at significantly lower velocity.
		The number of balls and strikes thrown to the current batter is known as the count; the count is always given balls first (except in Japan, where it is reversed), then strikes (such as 3-2 or "three and two", also known as a "full count," which would be 3 balls and 2 strikes).
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=Baseball (10005 words)

	San Francisco GAA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There was even a theory doing the rounds that hurling is an import from Cornwall, but that is a myth that was caused by a few badly-researched articles about a Cornish custom of 'hurling the silver ball' and bears no resemblance whatsoever to the clash of the ash.
		One of the causes of the fanciful 'hurling as a hockey descendant' theory is the distribution of the game in Ireland around the sixteenth century.
		It was during the 'golden age of hurling,' around the 18th century, that the landed gentry became the driving force behind organised hurling in Ireland.
	www.sfgaa.org /squareBall/10_06_05.html (825 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Cornwall \| Town enjoys hurling event
		Teams battle for possession of the silver coated ball which is thrown or passed throughout the streets and surrounding countryside.
		The aim is to get the ball to either the town or country goals set some two miles apart or over the parish boundary.
		The hurling ball, which is the size of an orange, is made locally from applewood and coated with silver.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/cornwall/3515949.stm (211 words)

	Hurling the Silver Ball (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Silver Ball Pub Sign There was a time when the Silver Ball was part of the tradition of many Cornish Villages; sadly now only two St Ives and St Columb Major continue the practice.
		The Hurling ball, the size of an orange made from applewood coated with Silver goes flying through the streets of St Ives on Feast Monday in February (St Ives Feast takes place on the nearest Sunday to February 3) and at St Columb on Shrove Tuesday and the Saturday of the following week.
		The Ball is thrown to the crowd from the market square the objective to carry it into either the Town or Country goals set some two miles apart or if this is not possible the Ball may be carried over the Parish boundary.
	hurling-the-silver-ball.iqnaut.net.cob-web.org:8888 (309 words)

	history of hurling
		It is believed that hurling was prohibited because of its violent nature and the fact that small bloody battles usually followed a game.
		The small hurling revival of the 18th century became known as the golden age of hurling.
		It is believed that clansman practicing shinty, the Scottish form of hurling, alone in the hills of the Highlands led to the creation of golf.
	www.klotz.org /SCA/mudpuppy/history_of_hurling.htm (1456 words)

	Real Cornwall :: Sports & Games :: Uniquely Cornish :: Hurling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The ball is ceremonially 'cast up' from a ladder in the market square, either by the winner of the last game or some notable person: whereupon 'that company which can catch and carry it by force, or sleight, to their place assigned, gaineth the ball and victory.
		But thereafter the hurlers strive to break the silver ball away to their 'place assigned' -for the 'Town', the base of an ancient cross a mile to the south-west; for the 'Country' another such, a similar distance to the north -or else to carry it over the parish boundary at any point.
		An hour later, the ball is thrown from the churchyard wall by the mayor, and passed from hand to hand through the streets and along the beach.
	telematics.ex.ac.uk /realcornwall/sportsandgames/hurling.asp (1040 words)

	Feb8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In this case the ball is made of cork encased in silver.
		The mayor begins the game by tossing the silver ball against the side of the parish church, which is dedicated to St. Ia.
		Children then take over, tossing the ball back and forth in what might be described as a kind of early football.
	www.angelfire.com /mo/LandkamerFamily/Feb8.html (146 words)

	Popular Romances of the West of England: Customs of Ancient Days: The Game of Hurling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Silver prizes used to be awarded to the victor in the games.
		On the Monday after, the inhabitants assemble on the beach, when the ball, which is left in the custody of the mayor for the time being, is thrown from the churchyard to the crowd.
		A stone near to Captain Perry's house is, shown, where the two parishes used to meet at the feast, and the struggle' was to throw the ball into the parish church, the successful party keeping the ball, the unsuccessful buying a new one.
	www.sacred-texts.com /neu/eng/prwe/prwe236.htm (552 words)

	Hurling - Gaelic Football, Hurling are Irish Passions
		Hurling has been the national sport of Ireland since the late 1800's.
		Hurling was originally used by the Celtic kings to train their warriors for battle
		Hurling isn't what the Irish do when they've had too much Guinness (well, A hurling match is perhaps the fastest spectator sport in the world (with only
	finderlist.com /fnri/hurling.htm (275 words)

	Silver hurling ball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is made of sterling silver which is hammered into two hemispheres and the bound around a core of applewood which is held together with a band of silver.
		The ball is equal in size to a cricket ball.
		There are examples of hurling balls held at Truro museum, Lanhydrock house and St.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Silver_hurling_ball (131 words)

	Beltane
		Hurling was, and still is, one of Ireland's most popular sports.
		In the old days, it was the custom on May Day for a newly-married couple to decorate a hurling ball with silver or gold lace and tassels.
		The ball was then hung on the community May Bush or given as a gift to an unmarried man. As quaint as that custom was, my research has uncovered a great deal of other equally fascinating material associated with May Day.
	www.geocities.com /wildirishhawaii/Beltane.htm (1612 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Cornwall
		There is a theory that once Silver was extracted from the copper ores of Cornwall in pre-Roman times, as Silver is easily converted to its chloride (AgCl) by surface waters containing chlorine.
		Cornwall has its own unique form of wrestling related to Breton wrestling and another unique Cornish sport is hurling, a kind of medieval football played with a silver ball (distinct from Irish Hurling).
		Columb Major and St Ives although hurling of a silver ball is part of the beating the bounds ceremony at Bodmin every five years.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Cornwall (4687 words)

	THE HISTORY AND GAME OF FOOTBALL \| FIRLE CRICKET CLUB \| GLYNDEBOURNE OPERA HOUSE \| FIRLE BEACON \| RAM INN EAST SUSSEX ...
		All of these games involve scoring points with a round or ellipsoid ball (itself called a football), by moving the ball into, onto or over, a goal area or line defended by the opposing team.
		How long this set of rules lasted is unclear, but by 1866, when Sheffield played a combined FA side, they were employing their own version of offside that differed from the FA rule.
		Hurling the Silver Ball takes place at St Columb Major in Cornwall: A "Town against Country" match takes place on Shrove Tuesday and a return match is played the following Saturday.
	www.budweiser-beer.net /football.htm (5750 words)

	WILD IN THE STREETS
		Rules are few: Churchyards or cemeteries are off-limits; the ball cannot be conveyed by a motorized vehicle; play must end by 10 p.m., regardless of whether either side has scored; manslaughter is strictly prohibited.
		In the 16th century Philip Stubbs described Shrovetide football as "bloody murdering practice, rather than a fellowly sport or pastime." Indeed, the Ashbourne event was briefly banned in 1878 after a man drowned, and 18 landowners signed a notice forbidding the game to take place on their property.
		From then on, the brightly colored ball was rarely seen, lost beneath the flailing-limbed carnage of the heaving hug.
	www.wesclark.com /rrr/wild_in_the_streets.html (1115 words)

	Restormel Borough Council - Traditions
		Among the traditions perpetuated in the Borough is the unusual Cornish game of Hurling with the silver ball played in the Streets of the old market town of St. Columb Major on Shrove Tuesday and again on the following Saturday week in each year.
		Hurling is one of the oldest forms of a ball game and is thought to have derived from pagan rights associated with coming of spring, the rising of the noon day sun higher in the heavens and growth in the natural world indicative of fertility.
		If goaling the ball is not possible, another way of winning is for the silver ball to be carried out of the Parish, which can involve a long and arduous cross country run.
	www.restormel.gov.uk /index.cfm?articleid=4840 (409 words)

	directopedia : Directory : Sports : Football
		When the term "foot ball" originated, it referred to a wide variety of games in medieval Europe, which were played on foot — that is, by peasants — as opposed to the games played by horse-riding aristocrats.
		However, the first clear reference to a ball being used did not occur until 1486.
		The reasons for the ban by Edward III, on June 12, 1349, were explicit: football and other recreations distracted the populace from practicing archery, which was necessary for war, and after the great loss of life that had occurred during the Black Death, England needed as many archers as possible.
	www.directopedia.org /directory/Sports-Football.shtml (6299 words)

	BBC - Cornwall Uncovered - Story
		For the first time since 1999 the famous silver ball was untarnished by rain during the annual hurling game at St. Ives.
		The real excitement of the day began when the Mayor 'threw-up' the silver ball from the wall of the Church.
		True to form, on the stroke of twelve, an excited group of teenagers made their way through the crowd, their leader, thirteen year-old David Down presenting the silver ball to the Mayor.
	www.bbc.co.uk /cornwall/uncovered/stories/stives_hurling.shtml (541 words)

	Cornish country & harbour cottages
		At St Columb the struggle is a physical battle between "Town and Country" with the shops in the town barricading their windows and doors for the start of the scrum at 4.30 p.m.
		Hurling at St Ives is a much more staid affair with mostly children taking part, the hurling starts with the ball being carried to the holy well of St Ia at Porthmeor where it is blessed.
		Of the last two remaining hurls in the county it is St Columb that has maintained the greatest following with hundreds taking part.
	www.kernowcottages.co.uk /festivals.php (1441 words)

	Pojo's Dragonball - Dragon Ball Timeline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bulma finds out that the Dragon Ball Goku has, which Goku thought his grandfather's spirit was kept, is the 4-Star ball.
		Mai and Shuu steal all the Dragon Ball's, but forget one Dragon Ball.Pilaf summons the Dragon as soon as he gets all the balls, but loses the wish to a pair of panties Oolong wanted.
		The last of the Namek's are sent to a new Planet Namek by a wish of the Dragon Balls.
	www.pojo.com /dragonball/dragonballtimeline.shtml (2989 words)

	Under the radar and into your gut - Silver Chips Online
		Hurling is played with teams of 15, and players use a curved wooden stick (called a hurley) to smack the sliothar (a ball the size and resistance of a baseball) across a field one-and-a-half times bigger than a football field, all while tackling each other.
		And throw-ins are pushovers compared to the "footie"—Aussie term for the game—version where the umpire just plain hurls the ball over his back into the fray.
		I know hurling is as Irish as the Blarney Stone, but footie is as Australian as kangaroos.
	silverchips.mbhs.edu /inside.php?sid=4240 (1223 words)

	Virgin Trains - What's on
		At 10.30am on Feast Monday the silver ball is thrown from the wall of the Parish Church by the Mayor.
		Once the ball is caught by a member of the crowd below, it is passed from one to another on the beaches and streets of the town.
		Whoever is in possession of the ball when the clock strikes noon takes it to the Mayor at the Guildhall and receives the traditional reward of five shillings.
	www.virgintrains.co.uk /eventdetail/popup.aspx?eventid=84630 (175 words)

	roleplaying tips for roleplayers and gamemaster roleplaying advice for all roleplaying systems and rpgs
		Held on the first Monday after February 3rd, Hurling the Silver Ball is derived from ancient handball games of Celtic legend.
		Hurling is one of the oldest forms of a ball game and still takes place at St. Ives in Cornwall, England.
		The hare pie (replaced now by a beef pie) is still brought to the church gate at 13.30 and pieces are hurled to the good natured mob who form a procession led by someone carrying a bronze sculpture of a hare on a pole.
	www.roleplayingtips.com /readissue.php?number=325 (4038 words)

	hurling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The hurling has commenced-a combination of kick and rush; push and shove; grab and throw, as the hurlers try to get the ball through the town at all costs to either the town goal a mile out into the country man one side, or the country goal a mile out of town on the other.
		In contending for the Ball, if a Man's body touches the Ground by wrestling, or the like, and he cries "hold" (which is a Word of yielding) and delivers the Ball, he is not to be farther pressed.
		But, and here the difference between Rugby and St Columb hurling comes in : A breach made in any of these Articles is Motive sufficient for Hurlers going together by the Ears, with their Fists.
	homepages.tesco.net /~k.wasley/hurling.htm (499 words)

	Cranstar Leisure Group - Cornwall Cornish Festivals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		There was a time when the silver ball was part of the tradition of may Cornish Villages, sadly now only two St Ives and St Columb continue the practise.
		The ball is thrown to the crowd from the market square the objective to carry it into either the town or country goals set some two miles apart.
		Of the last two remaining hurls in the county it is St Columb that has maintained the greatest following with hundreds taking part in the hurling and even more opting for the safer option of watching from the sidelines.
	www.cranstar.co.uk /festival.htm (1149 words)

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