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Thread #79955   Message #1457800
Posted By: Ian
11-Apr-05 - 04:28 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: English wrestling
Subject: RE: Folklore: English wrestling
Thanks to you Snuffy. I looked up the village of Bunny and found that the the Baronet Sir Thomas Parkyns taught wresting at a school he founded there. He also publised a book "The Inn Play or Cornish hug wrestler" about 1727. He died in 1741.