St Ives Feast Day Procession & Silver Ball Hurling

Hurling is the Cornish form of the festival handball/mass football games that typically take place around Shrovetide or Easter. The balls used are small like Scottish handballs but are encased in silver; hurling has been a feature of Cornish life for centuries but today only two games survive annually and one of these is the St Ives game, which takes place on the first Monday after February 3rd.
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