[Ansteorra] Saracen Head Soccer?

[Eule]

Oh, I don't know...Saxons did many worse things to dogs...

;-)

Eule/Steve
Unus sed Leo
 


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From: ansteorra-bounces+eule=ecpi.com at lists.ansteorra.org
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Of SoldierGrrrl
Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 2:52 PM
To: Jay Rudin; Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc.
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Saracen Head Soccer?


On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Jay Rudin <rudin at peoplepc.com> wrote:
> It shouldn't be a Saracen's head.  In common folklore, soccer started 
> as a rousing game of Kick The Dane's Head, played by Saxons with a 
> skull on an old battlefield.
>
> Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin

We have a Great Dane, and this threw me for a loop for a minute.  I
couldn't figure out why the Saxon's would do that to a dog.

Helene Dalassene
-- 
Blonde.  It's not just a hair color; it's a way of life.

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