| Summary: | goolo In St. John's the children play a game called "goulo", or "gouldo" in which the player has to run to the "goulo" to be 'safe'. Seven miles south of St. John's is the suburb called "Goulds" and many of the players claim that it is this town to which they are referring in the game. In Fogo during the winter football is played and called "Goulo". When a player scores the team yells "Goulo" indicating the score. To help matters somewhat the goals (goalpost) as we know it today were in the early fifties called "gouls". This would explain the confusion of the game played in St. John's in which the player has to reach the "gouls"or goals just as a soccer player must kick the ball between the goals. DNE-cit JH 6/72 Used I Used I In the dictionary the citation is "In Fogo during the winter, football is played and called goolo. When a player scores, the team yells 'goolo!'" Although this is word for word from the slip it does not have the same spelling of "Goulo".
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