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March 6th 1457 |
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Football and golf banned!“It is decretyt and ordanyt that wapinschawingis (weapon practice) be haldin be the lordis and baronys spirituale and temporale four times in the yeir. And that the futball and the gowf be utterly cryit doune and nocht usyt. And at the bowe merkis be maide at ilk paroch kirk a paire of buttis and schuting be usyt ilk Sunday.”Act of Parliament 1457. How much personal angst, not to mention national grief would have been avoided if only we had accepted the sensible advice given by the parliament of James 3rd regarding the gowf and the futball. |