Festivals in Cornwall - 'Obby 'Oss Festival, Aberfest, Allantide, Bodmin Riding, Bolster Day, Chewidden Thursday, Cornish Festivals, Cornish H (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 23. Chapters: 'Obby 'Oss festival, AberFest, Allantide, Bodmin Riding, Bolster Day, Chewidden Thursday, Cornish festivals, Cornish hurling, Cornwall Film Festival, Crying the Neck, Dehwelans Kernow, Furry Dance, Golowan Festival, Guldize, John Knill, Lafrowda Day, Montol Festival, Mummer's Day, Nickanan Night, Picrous Day, Port Eliot Festival, St Piran's Day, Tom Bawcock's Eve, West Cornwall May Day celebrations. Excerpt: Hurling or Hurling the Silver Ball (Cornish: ), is an outdoor team game of Celtic origin played only in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is played with a small silver ball. Hyrlian is not to be confused with Iomanaiocht or Iomaint an Irish game of Gaelic origin which in the English language is also known as Hurling. There are profound differences between the two sports. Cornish Hurling is a ball throwing carrying game akin to Rugby Football. Irish Hurling is more a forerunner of modern Hockey played with a Hurley stick (in Irish a caman) used to propel a ball called a Sliotar. Once played widely in Cornwall, the game has similarities to other traditional football or inter parish 'mob' games, but certain attributes make this version unique to Cornwall. It is considered by many to be Cornwall's national game along with Cornish wrestling. An old saying in the Cornish language goes; "hyrlian yw gen gware nyi" which translated into English means, "Hurling is our sport" Although the custom attracts fewer spectators, the annual hurling matches at St. Columb Major have the same status in the Cornish calendar as the 'Obby 'Oss festival at Padstow and the Furry Dance at Helston in that all three are unique customs that have survived unchanged and have taken place annually since before records began. The ball for hurling is made of sterling silver which is hammered into two hemispheres and then bound around a core of...