Haxey Hood

"Hoose agen hoose, toon agen toon, if a man meets a man,
knock 'im doon, but doan't 'ot 'im"

man against man they shove like rugby scrum
in the filthy boggy fields pushing a length of
leather batton, towards the nearest Inn..
to win ' The Haxey Hood'...then the beer is free,
All day and all night till they breach the theshold..
for the sake of the Hood - Lady Mowbry's hat..
that was lost riding through the bogland 
seven hundred years ago..and the men still play on..
13 Boggins, a Fool and The Lord,
The sway will destroy everything in its path
One wonders why a lady's hat was as
important as that..13 acres of land was given
for the celebration to continue to the present.
that's a lot of acre for a hat..