| Summary: | concern n Another favourite pastime for boys and young men was "kicking the concern", (in the dialect of the day it was "kickin the kins-arn"). We strongly suspect the name concern is attributable to the source of materials for the ball that was used. For the game mentioned, the scrotum was taken from a large bull-hide, the skin stretched and dried. Into this was placed a pig's bladder which had been immersed in a salt brine for several days to toughen it. It was blown up tight and the pouch drawn together tightly with strong twine. When finished, it strongly resembled in shape the football used in rugby today and was practically in indestructible. The game consisted of kicking the ball into the air. When it came down, the one retrieving it would kick it into the air again. Sometimes the ball would be in the air a full minute before touching the ground. There were no rules; no goals. Just kicking away until all were tired out. PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit DNE-cit G. M. Story SEP 1974 JH SEP 1974 Used I Used I Used I [see 'kicking the cod', 'Waddock, Rushing the'[ kinsarn Checked by Suzanne Power on Tue 04 Aug 2015; Card is filed between C_13970 and C-15331 (concert)
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