ball; hingie
Description
Stone ball 5cm in diameter found in the boot factory in Grahamsdyke Street, Laurieston.
Also called henching or hainching balls.
"In hainching two or more men threw stone or iron balls two or three miles along a road to a defined point. The man who reached it in the fewest throws was the winner. The sport, which died out in Scotland by 1820, was reintroduced by Irish emigrants" information from NMS. Similar to Irish road bowling.
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