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| 1254.1 | Curling | EASE::KEYES | Technology Grp. 827-5556 | Wed Aug 04 1993 08:53 | 13 |
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Mark,
No it is not a wind up...I think its called curling....As you say it
does involve bowling metal objects down country lanes. I have never
actually attended one of these events...Cork is indeed the most popular
place for it. Its often played from town to town.
Maybe somebody has the rules of this game?...
rgs,
Mick
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| 1254.2 | It's called BOWLING | BERN02::BYRNE | | Wed Aug 04 1993 09:37 | 12 |
| It's called BOWLING and the idea is to have start and finish points and
the person or team to reach the end with least number of throws wins.
The bowl is a metal ball about the size of a sliothar or tennis ball -
don't get in the way of the bowlers.
In fact there's a pub on the Northside of Cork called "The Bowlers
Rest" - guess what they do there.
Oh, the nostalgia !!!
Therese
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| 1254.3 | its Bowel-ing | CTHQ::COADY | | Wed Aug 04 1993 12:24 | 4 |
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Well actually one needs to put the "cork accent" on it, therefore it
sounds more like " Bowel-ing"; which ......... no I'll leave it.
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| 1254.4 | Don't even try .... | BERN02::BYRNE | | Thu Aug 05 1993 03:17 | 3 |
| Nobody but a Cork person could pronounce it properly :)
Therese
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| 1254.5 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | Video ergo ludo | Thu Aug 05 1993 06:12 | 4 |
| My old Granny used to make "bowels" of jelly, but then, she was from
Tipperary.
Laurie.
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| 1254.6 | I've seen it ! | IRNBRU::EDDIE | Eddie McInally, FIS, Ayr. 823-3537 | Thu Aug 05 1993 09:06 | 6 |
| I have just returned from a touring holiday in Ireland and I saw this
actually being played. I didn't know what was going on at the time but
there were upwards of 10 men throwing a metal ball down the road and
marking its landing place with clumps of grass.
This happened near Cork between Kinsale and Bandon.
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| 1254.7 | | TOPDOC::AHERN | Dennis the Menace | Thu Aug 05 1993 09:49 | 6 |
| RE: .6 by IRNBRU::EDDIE
>This happened near Cork between Kinsale and Bandon.
What, in Innishannon?
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| 1254.8 | Maybe between Innishannon & Kinsale | IRNBRU::EDDIE | Eddie McInally, FIS, Ayr. 823-3537 | Fri Aug 06 1993 04:54 | 4 |
| If Innishannon is the place between Kinsale & Bandon as I think it is
then the bowling may have taken place between Kinsale and Innishannon.
This event did not take place in the town but along a country road so
I'm not 100% sure of where we were at the time.
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| 1254.9 | | TOPDOC::AHERN | Dennis the Menace | Fri Aug 06 1993 09:38 | 11 |
| RE: .8 by IRNBRU::EDDIE
>If Innishannon is the place between Kinsale & Bandon as I think it is
>then the bowling may have taken place between Kinsale and Innishannon.
Innishannon is where the road to Bandon from Cork crosses the River
Bandon. If you were going North from Kinsale and the river was on your
left, it was probably Innishannon. As this is where my Grandmother
came from it's one of the few places in Ireland whose topography I can
picture relatively well.
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| 1254.10 | East bank or west? | POLAR::RUSHTON | տ� | Fri Aug 06 1993 16:49 | 4 |
| If Ballinadee rings a bell, you were on the west bank of the Bandon
River, between Kinsale and Inishannon.
Pat
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| 1254.11 | You're probably right | IRNBRU::EDDIE | Eddie McInally, FIS, Ayr. 823-3537 | Mon Aug 09 1993 04:55 | 5 |
| I'll take your word for it.
Thanks for the info.
Ed.
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