Shinny
Videos
Shinny is an informal type of ice hockey. It is also used as another term for street hockey, played on pavement.
A group of boys picking teams for a game of shinny, Sarnia, Ontario, 1908
Shinty
Videos
Shinty is a team sport played with sticks and a ball. It is played mainly in the Scottish Highlands and among Highland migrants to the major cities of Scotland. The sport was formerly more widespread
Shinny
…even a frozen road apple (horse dropping) as a puck. Any object about the right size might serve as a puck. The name is derived from the Scottish game shinty and shinny was a common name for one of shinty's many regional variations in Scotland. Shinny, a primarily Canadian term, is usually called "pick-up…
A shinty game in progress
1835 woodcut illustration of a game of shinty being played in the Scottish Highlands
The field of play
Shinty field (Winterton), Inveraray