@PugJesusM to Historical ArtifactsEnglish • 2 months agoWorld's oldest known football, Scotland, ~1540 ADimagemessage-square6arrow-up1117arrow-down12starcopymore-verticalflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•2 months ago The ball must have been kicked high, at some time in the 1540s, as it lodged in the rafters of the Queen’s Chamber in Stirling Castle during James V’s reconstruction of the castle Probably by someone who’s a sore loser. arrow-up119arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@PugJesusOPMlinkEnglish13•2 months agohttps://www.smithartgalleryandmuseum.co.uk/about/the-collection/stirling-history-archaeology/the-worlds-oldest-football/ arrow-up113arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months agoThe cautionary poem is great arrow-up18arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@edgemaster72linkEnglish5•2 months agoScrolling by I thought it was Pluto. I probably should’ve gotten more sleep. arrow-up15arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@devilish666linkEnglish3•2 months agoImagine that ball hitting your face arrow-up13arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoBack then, it wasn’t the ball hitting your face that was the main worry arrow-up12arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
Probably by someone who’s a sore loser.
https://www.smithartgalleryandmuseum.co.uk/about/the-collection/stirling-history-archaeology/the-worlds-oldest-football/
The cautionary poem is great
Scrolling by I thought it was Pluto. I probably should’ve gotten more sleep.
Imagine that ball hitting your face
Back then, it wasn’t the ball hitting your face that was the main worry