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   From: Féach@d.óir   
      
   Scríobh "William Black" :   
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   >"The Highlander"  wrote in message   
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   >> I do remember that James II (?) forbade the playing of golf on Sunday   
   >> as it was interfering with archery practice.   
   >   
   >And Henry VIII banned football for exactly the same reason.   
      
   And Edward III banned "the plays which men called horlings" for the   
   same reason.   
      
   >There's no proof to suggest either king was in the slightest way effective   
   >in encouraging archery.   
      
   The plays called horlings haven't diminished in popularity either.   
      
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