Irish wrestling

Origins

Irish Wrestling origins are widely accepted to be in roughly around 500 B.C.E. Common disputes were arising in the small Celtic groups of Ireland. So the druid priests settled these conflicts by creating Irish Wrestling. The original name is unknown.

Basics of the Game

Irish Wrestling is a seasonal sport. Every season of the year has its own setting.

Summer: Played in the mud usually on rainy days.
Mid-Spring: Played in piles of native flowers. Roses were for special events with the color of the roses showing what the players are fighting for.
Autumn and Winter: It is played in pools of various oils.

Traditionally the game was played in the nude; other wise the players wore skin tight animals skin shorts. Modern days it is rarely played in the nude, so skin tight shorts of varies fabrics are acceptable.

Traditionally only men where aloud to play, Older than 8 and younger than 53. Modern days women can also play but the age limit stays the same. Before the game starts each player needs to have at lease 2 glasses of some kind of hard liquors so that the human element of reason is interrupted and the gods could decide the winner without human reason. An important part of the battle is each player must show a sign of affection to another. Finally the game starts with a short bag pipe ensemble.

The point of the game is to push the other players whole body out of the ring and the last player standing in the ring wins. Shortly after the winner is rewarded with whatever the battle was for. That night the winner and their family and friends celebrate their victory in an overnight celebration, during the celebration each losing player must spend one night of affection with the winner or otherwise called Quinces. After Quinces the loser was killed by the hands of the winner.

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