Richard Happer
Auteur de Abandoned Places: 60 Stories of Places Where Time Has Stopped
Œuvres de Richard Happer
365 Reasons to Be Cheerful: Magical Moments to Cheer Up Miserable Sods One Day at a Time (2010) 7 exemplaires
100 Greatest Children's Poems and Nursery Rhymes: Classic Poems for Children from the World's Best-Loved… (2015) 3 exemplaires
100 Greatest Wedding Poems and Readings: The most romantic readings from the best writers in history (2015) 3 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Sexe
- male
- Lieux de résidence
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 19
- Membres
- 119
- Popularité
- #166,388
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 30
- Langues
- 1
It was fun learning about so many strange and unusual sports that people will compete in that most people wouldn’t even entertain the idea of doing. An interesting fact was the number of these competitions which originated in England - that at first glance seemed odd to have had their origins there. Another fact, was the number of competitions which began as a result of discussions between men in a pub. Some of these included, Welly Wanging (pg 36), Stinging Nettle Eating (pg 47), Bog Snorkelling (pg 70), and Lying (pg 242). Other competitions of interest were Caber Tossing which started because a Scottish highlander noticed that a birch tree branch had fallen down so he wanted to see how far he could throw it. Then there was Wife Carrying and Bee Wearing (also called Bearding). This is just a small sample of the competitions covered in this wonderful book.… (plus d'informations)