[Sca-cooks] hurley

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> >It crossed my mind once that hurley was a tactic by the Irish to scare
> >away potential invaders. ("They do this for _sport_?)

Nah, it's like lacrosse, invented to keep the young men out of trouble. 
(It's hard to be off stealing people's cows if you are laid up with a 
hurley injury...)

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