I hope the moderator won't mind me putting this on the board but
wrestling does go hand in hand with old time boxing and I thought this
might be of interest to those with an interest in Scottish MA.
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''1949 Banffshire Jnl. (1 Nov.):
The crofter-darger knew nothing about skilful wwrestling, barred and
unbarred holds and all the rest of it --- other than a plain
``shakafa.''
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I don't know what a shakafa is but would love to find out. I appreciate
this is a relatively modern reference but who knows, it might lead back
to something much older.
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Cheers,
Terry