The sun rises on another bright day … but, why, that’s not the morning! It’s the flame red hair of Greenweek, peeking over the outhouse roof. Tall he is, with hair like sun on the water. But what is he doing behind the outhouse? Get out here, Greenweek, and tell us your fact!
Did you know …
That the Irish sport of “hurling” was originally invented as a way to model the solar system? It’s true!
Hurling is, of course, played by two teams equipped with flat wooden bats (or “hurleys,” if you can believe it) hitting, kicking, and running a small leather ball back and forth across a field, with the object of putting the ball into or over a goal. According to historical accounts, Irish astronomers believed that this accurately represented the behavior of the Earth as it traveled through the cosmos. The goals represented the beginning and ending of existence, and the players were either supposed to be astral bodies or “truly big fellows”—that is, space giants just kind of smacking the Earth and each other around.
The game’s origins are over 3,000 years old, and people believed all sorts of crazy crap back then. However, the fact that the game is still played today has to make you a little skeptical of modern Irish astronomy as well.
Some more Irish people of note!
-Frank Sinatra
-Elizabeth Hurley
-Mark Twain
-Babar
-Pope Frottage IV
-Gerry Adams
-Jim Davis, Creator of Garfield
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