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BOXING DAY E-mail
 

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Wenca
Boxing Day is also known as St. Stephen's Day (when Good King Wenceslas looked out).

'Good King Wenceslas looked out,
On the Feast of Stephen...........'

Good King Wenceslas or Wenca as he was known lived in Rome and was the first man to be killed for believing in the teachings of Jesus. His story is told in the Acts of the Apostles 6: 1 to 8: 2.
Some people claim that he shares this day with another St Stephen, who came from Sweden. St Stephen of Sweden is the patron saint of horses. Boxing Day has long be associated with outdoor sports, especially horse racing and hunting

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Settlers
In the mid 1800’s it was traditional for men of working age to beat the living daylights out of each other the day after Christsmass, it was a way of seeing out the demons of the previous year and settling any scores that needed settling.

One man
One man who was having some howsyerfather with another mans missus was challenged to a boxing match on Eggardon Hill, the resulting match was on December 26th 1850, Tony Robinson from the BBC’s Time Tunnel Get Me Out Of Here found marks on the ground at Eggardon still showing the corners of the ring and in 1953 the spittoon was found intact in a nearby field. The victim of the dirty beast was satisfied in the ring and the couple survived to make many more children.   

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Eggardon hero
Moustache
The only requirements needed to box on Boxing Day were;
a).  A score to settle
2).  A vest
D).  A Moustache

Want some?
Do you fancy a punch up? Get over to Eggardon Hill on the day after Crimbo and we can get busy, or visit any pub in town to save on the fuel or FYUU-WELL as the carol singers say…

From ace reporter Snoop Doggy Style 



Users' Comments (1) RSS feed comment
Posted by dragon, on 26-12-2006 14:55,
was that your best set of Christmas Balls you uttered Carlito?I would have expected more glitter or at least some shine!!! 49738
 

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