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</div><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc.</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:thijs.roger@euro-support.be">thijs.roger@euro-support.be</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span class="HcCDpe"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">LL-L Folklore</span><br><br></span><font size="2">When I was a kid (in the fifties), there
was a cock fight ("Hoanevèchtes" in my Limburgish) organized every Sunday after
the "High Mass" somewhere in the village. Somewhere means at an undefined place,
since it was legally forbidden. Somewhere though easy to find for us all.
The village policeman <em>(the "veldwachter", called the "boy" in my
Limburgish dialect, in other dialects the "sjampetter", French "garde
champêtre")</em> closed his eyes. The national police <em>(rijkswacht,
gendarmerie)</em> intervened incidentally, but they were easely detected
(arriving on their bikes) by watchmen and the whole group spread over the
area before anything could be found. There was money set on the cocks and after
the plays people continued playing for money with cards, generally
playing "bankrussen", cf. French "Banque russe".</font>
<div><font size="2">In Northern France it is still legally allowed.</font></div>
<div> </div>
<div><font size="2">Was this (forbidden) practice shared with other lowland
countries?</font></div>
<div> </div>
<div><font size="2">WNT gives:</font></div>
<div><b><font face="Times New Roman">HANENGEVECHT</font></b> — <font face="Times New Roman" size="1">HANEGEVECHT</font><font face="Times New Roman"> —,
znw. onz.; mv. -<i>en.</i> Nhd. <i>hahnengefecht.</i> Uit <i>Haan</i>, 1<sup>ste
art., in de bet. I, 1, <i>a</i>) en <i>Gevecht</i>, 1ste art., in de bet. B).
Opzettelijk ingerichte kampstrijd tusschen twee hanen; een geliefd, doch thans
bij de wet verboden volksvermaak, waarbij veelal op den haan, dien men vermoedt
dat winnen zal, gewed wordt. Verg. de uitdrukkingen in kol. 1385 en 1386 en de
Samenst. <i>vechthaan</i> (kol. 1396). || Ook zyn de Inwooners van Sumatra en in
andere plaatzen van Oost-Indien, zeer gesteld op diergelyke HaaneGevegten,
</sup></font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1">CHOMEL</font><font face="Times New Roman">, <i>Verv.</i> 2751 <i>b.</i> De hanegevechten kwamen als
volksvermaak bij alle gelegenheden te pas, </font><font face="Times New Roman" size="1">TER GOUW</font><font face="Times New Roman">, <i>Volksverm.</i>
358.</font></div>
<div> </div>
<div><sup><font face="Times New Roman">Wikipedia:</font></sup></div>
<div><font size="2"><a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanegevecht" target="_blank">http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanegevecht</a></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_de_coqs" target="_blank">http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combat_de_coqs</a></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hahnenkampf" target="_blank">http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hahnenkampf</a></font></div>
<div><font size="2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_fight" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_fight</a></font></div>
<div> </div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Arial" size="2">Regards,</font></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><font face="Arial" size="2">Roger</font></font></div><br><br><br>