Shinty
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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
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
Bandy
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Bandy is a winter sport and ball sport played by two teams wearing ice skates on a large ice surface while using sticks to direct a ball into the opposing team's goal. Bandy is sometimes considered th
Shinty
…rules shinty–hurling game has been developed in which Scotland and Ireland play annual international matches. Another sport with common ancestry is bandy, which is played on ice. In Scottish Gaelic the name for bandy is "ice shinty" (camanachd-deighe) and bandy and shinty (and shinney) could be used…
Swedish Championship, Women's final, 2015
Detail from Brueghel's 1565 The Hunters in the Snow
Making of a historic bandy ball in stages, from the original cork on the left to the final ball painted red, with a modern bandy ball to far right
Kazakh stamp featuring bandy (допты хоккей dopty khokkey, "ball hockey")