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L O W L A N D S - L * 21 June 2006 * Volume 04
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From: Henno Brandsma <hennobrandsma at hetnet.nl>
Subject: LL-L 'Lexicon' 2006.06.21 (02] [D/E]

> From: 'Stellingwerfs Eigen' info at stellingwerfs-eigen.nl>
> Subject: LL-L 'Sports'
>
> Helge wrote:
>> I had no intention to trigger off a discussion about football here
>
> Okay, no football or soccer then, but it brought me up a question if there
> are (more) very typicial LS sports like f.i. we do have in Fryslân it
> 'fierljeppen' (polsstok-ver-springen), 'keatsen' (some kind of 'jeu de
> pelote') and 'ljip-aaisykje' (kiviets-eierenzoeken). Are there...?
> Groetnis uut 'n smoek Fryslân,
> Piet Bult

What about "klootschieten", played in Twente and neighbouring areas I believe:
a ball is thrown ("geschoten") over a rough terrain, and whoever achieves the
preset distance
in the last number of throws (you throw the ball from where it landed
previously...) wins.
And "kolf" (not really played much anymore, except some areas in Noord-Holland),
which is the 
Dutch precursor of golf. Played with some stick and a ball, indoors, I believe...
(see http://www.kolfbond.nl/pagina/historie.htm) 

Henno Brandsma

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From: 'Global Moose Translations' <globalmoose at t-online.de>
Subject: LL-L 'Sports' 2006.06.21 (03] [E]

Mark wrote:
>It reminds me of what Haraun al Rashid's ambassador to the court of
>Charlemagne reported to his king about jousting, "Too daintie for sport &
>too bloodie for warre." OK, I know it's anachronistic, but it's an OLD
>anachronism.

Nice quote, but are you quite sure it shouldn't be the other way round?

Gabriele Kahn

P.S. I watch all the Argentina games just so I can see Diego Maradona cheer
them on. The guy's a hoot!

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From: Tom Mc Rae <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
Subject: LL-L 'Sports' 2006.06.20 (06] [E]

On 21/06/2006, at 10:32 AM, Andrys Onsman <andrys.onsman at calt.monash.edu.au>
Subject: LL-L 'Sports' 2006.06.20 (03) [E] wrote:

>  But having reached the finals (any Oz
>
> team has to be the best in the world to get any media coverage), the
>
> entire country is now behind the Socceroos.
We certainly are but how sad that my native Fitbaw Daft Scotland has yet again
failed to even get off the ground.
They rave and rant on about the Game and how great they are, even incorporate
fitbaw terms in daily speech, yet it's been years since they even qualified.

> And I agree that AFL is a tough sport

Hardly surprising when we realise it is based on Gaelic Football.

Regards

Tom Mc Rae

Brisbane Australia

Oh Wad Some Power the Giftie Gie Us

Tae See Oorsel's as Ithers See Us

Robert Burns

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