Ba Game is a version of Medieval football played in Scotland, perhaps most notably in Orkney, around Christmas and New Year. Medieval football is a modern term sometimes used for a wide variety of localized Football games which were invented and played during the Middle Ages in Europe Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Orkney (also known as the Orkney Islands or incorrectly the Orkneys) is an Archipelago in northern Scotland, situated 10 miles (16 km north The New Year is an event that happens when a Culture celebrates the end of one Year and the beginning of the next year
Ba is basically mob football, or village football. Mob football is the name given to some varieties of Medieval football, which emerged in Europe during the Middle Ages. Two parts of a town have to get a ball to their respective side. For instance the two sides are called the uppies or the downies depending on which part of town they were born, or otherwise owe allegiance too. The ball must be manhandled, and is very often a moving scrum. The game moves through the town, and can go up alleyways, into yards and up streets. Shops and houses board up their windows to prevent damage. Unlike traditional mob football, generally people are not hurt. Mob football is the name given to some varieties of Medieval football, which emerged in Europe during the Middle Ages. [1]
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- Ba' game legal threat fears BBC news article from 9th May, 2001)
- bagame.com, photographic website by Dr. Duns was created a Burgh of Barony in 1490 by James IV, and is a former County town of Berwickshire in the Scottish Borders. Jedburgh (Referred to locally Jeddart or Jethart is a town and former Royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire. The destroyed Royal burgh of Roxburgh (or Rosbroch) was an important trading Burgh in High Medieval to early modern Scotland The Kirkwall Ba Game (also spelled ba') is one of the main annual events held in the town of Kirkwall, in Orkney, Scotland. Stromness /ˈstrɔmnəs/ is the second-largest town in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, and is located in the south-west of the mainland of Orkney Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Charles Tait.
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