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Ankle
The ankle, or the talocrural region, is the region where the foot and the leg meet.
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Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday is a Christian holy day of prayer, fasting and repentance.
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Aunt Sally
Aunt Sally is a traditional English game usually played in pub gardens and fairgrounds, in which players throw sticks or battens at a model of an old woman's head.
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Bog snorkelling
Bog snorkelling is a sporting event that consists of competitors completing, in the shortest time possible, two consecutive lengths of a water-filled trench cut through a peat bog.
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Bourton-on-the-Water
Bourton-on-the-Water is a village and civil parish in Gloucestershire, England that lies on a wide flat vale within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
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Coconut shy
A coconut shy (or coconut shie) is a traditional game frequently found as a sidestall at funfairs and fêtes.
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Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake
The Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling and Wake is an annual event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, near Gloucester in England.
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Derbyshire
Derbyshire is a county in the East Midlands of England.
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Dwile flonking
The English game of dwile flonking (also dwyle flunking) is an East Anglian pub sport, involving two teams of twelve players,Edward Brooke-Hitching.
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Ferret-legging
Ferret-legging was an endurance test or stunt in which ferrets were trapped in trousers worn by a participant.
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Gloucester cheese
Gloucester is a traditional, semi-hard cheese which has been made in Gloucestershire, England, since the 16th century, at one time made only with the milk of the once nearly extinct Gloucester cattle.
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Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire (formerly abbreviated as Gloucs. in print but now often as Glos.) is a county in South West England.
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Great Britain
Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.
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Haggis
Haggis is a savoury pudding containing sheep's pluck (heart, liver, and lungs); minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, traditionally encased in the animal's stomach though now often in an artificial casing instead.
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Haggis hurling
Haggis hurling is a Scottish sport involving the hurling of a haggis as far as possible for distance and accuracy from atop a platform (usually a whisky barrel).
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Kubb
Kubb (pronounced in Swedish or in Gutnish) is a lawn game where the objective is to knock over wooden blocks (kubbs) by throwing wooden batons (kastpinnar) at them.
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Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire (abbreviated Oxon, from Oxonium, the Latin name for Oxford) is a county in South East England.
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Pub games
Pub games are games played in or outside pubs and bars, particularly traditional games that are or were played in English pubs.
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Royal Shrovetide Football
The Royal Shrovetide Football Match is a "Medieval football" game played annually on Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday in the town of Ashbourne in Derbyshire, England.
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Shin-kicking
Shin-kicking, also known as hacking or purring, is a combat sport that involves two contestants attempting to kick each other on the shin in order to force their opponent to the ground.
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Shrove Tuesday
Shrove Tuesday (also known in Commonwealth countries and Ireland as Pancake Tuesday or Pancake day) is the day in February or March immediately preceding Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent), which is celebrated in some countries by consuming pancakes.
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Stacksteads
Stacksteads is a village between the towns of Bacup and Waterfoot within the Rossendale borough of Lancashire, England.
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Tip-cat
Tip-cat (also called cat, cat and dog, one-a-cat, pussy, or piggy) is a pastime which consists of tapping a short billet of wood (usually no more than) with a larger stick (similar to a baseball bat or broom handle); the shorter piece is tapered or sharpened on both ends so that it can be "tipped up" into the air when struck by the larger, at which point the player attempts to swing or hit it a distance with the larger stick while it is still in the air (similar to swinging at a pitch in baseball or cricket, etc.). There are many varieties of the game, but in the most common, the batter, having placed the billet, or "cat", in a small circle on the ground, tips it into the air and hits it to a distance.
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Wellie wanging
Welly throwing, also known as welly hoying, welly wanging and boot throwing, is a sport in which competitors are required to throw a Wellington boot as far as possible.
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Wellington boot
The Wellington boot is a type of boot based upon leather Hessian boots.
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Wheelbarrow
A wheelbarrow is a small hand-propelled vehicle, usually with just one wheel, designed to be pushed and guided by a single person using two handles at the rear, or by a sail to push the ancient wheelbarrow by wind.
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Wheelbarrow race
A wheelbarrow race is a competitive game in which teams of two players race with one teammate playing the role of the driver, and the other playing the role of the wheelbarrow.
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Wife-carrying
Wife carrying (eukonkanto or akankanto, naisekandmine, kärringkånk) is a contest in which male competitors race while each carrying a female teammate.
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Yorkshire
Yorkshire (abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rural_sports_and_games
