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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-04-09 08:31 AM
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Cricket 'was invented in Belgium'
Good God, man! Is nothing safe from Brussels?

New academic research claims cricket is not English, but was imported by immigrants from northern Belgium.

A poem thought to have been written in 1533 has been uncovered, which suggests the game originates from Flanders.

In the work attributed to John Skelton, Flemish weavers are labelled "kings of crekettes", according to Paul Campbell of the Australian National University.
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Mr Campbell has uncovered an apparent reference to cricket in the 16th Century work, The Image of Ipocrisie, attributed to the English poet John Skelton, which refers to Flemish weavers who settled in southern and eastern England.

They are described as "kings of crekettes"; "wickettes" are mentioned too.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7919429.stm


O lodre of Ipocrites,
Nowe shut vpp your wickettes,
And clappe to your clickettes!
A! Farewell, kings of crekettes!


"Australian National University"? Is this just a sophisticated form of sledging, ahead of trhe Ashes test in the summer?
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Anarcho-Socialist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-05-09 02:40 AM
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1. It's Scotland's golf!
Earlier studies of his suggest that whilst the spiritual home of golf might be Scotland - records indicate the Belgians were also playing a recognisable form of that sport before people in Britain.


They're pillaging the heritage of all corners of the isles. Next the Belgians will be taking the credit for the traditional good old-fashioned British goatse.
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B Whale Donating Member (500 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-09-09 06:04 PM
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2. And they will also ban it
once they fly the EU flag over westminster and force us all to eat snails
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-10-09 08:34 PM
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3. But wasn't Baseball invented in England? nt
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