Kirk Session: an ecclesiastical court in Scotland, composed of the minister and elders of a parish.
Edinburgh Burgh records of 1593 bemoan the fact that Edinburgh churchgoers were playing golf in Leith instead of going to church. On 16th February 1610, South Leith Kirk Session proposed a fine of 20 shillings (one pound) to be paid ‘to the poor’ by anyone found playing golf (or bowls or archery) between sunrise and sunset on Sunday. Apart from the fine, they would also have to confess their sins in church. This persecution continued until 1724, which year marks the last official Kirk prosecution in Scotland for Sunday golfing, when the Leith innkeeper John Dickson was accused of giving victuals to Sabbath golfers.
I learned about this here and then stole it so you could learn about it too…
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The Double-Headed Eagle of Lagash is used as an emblem by the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. There are many meanings attached to this symbol, The date of its introduction into Freemasonry is not clear but it may have been first used in France to symbolize the Councils of the East and West. Another theory is that it was adapted from the arms of the Austrian state, to gain the favor of the ruling family.
ESOTERIC BOOK, FOR SCOTTISH RITE USE ONLY; TO BE RETURNED UPON WITHDRAWAL OR DEATH OF RECIPIENT.
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It’s vector time…
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Lots of talk and writing about the new grooves rule. These rules have everything to do with making the game more difficult.
In the old world, golf’s rules weren’t meant to make the game difficult. They were designed to keep everyone in line.
Burgess Club Examples:
Rule X: No golfer shall under any pretence whatever give any old balls to the Cadies, if they do, they shall for every such Ball given away forfeit sixpence to the Treasurer.
Rule XII: That no Member of this Society pay the Cadies more than one penny per round.
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Politicians are nothing more than pawns who do the wishings of businessmen. Dalton McGuinty fell in line like the rest of them at the Liberal Party Golfing Fundraiser.
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The role of Freemasonry in socio-economic networking is extensive. It demonstrates that, like many other fraternities, Masonry created efficient conduits for the exchange of business information and reinforced a pro-business culture for the benefit of all members.
*just a note to our American viewers. The Canadian Liberal Party is not liberal in the sense of how Americans use the term. It’s just a name they came up with in 1867.
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When it was time for the final obligation we all stood and repeated the oath with the representative candidate, administered by the Sovereign Grand Inspector General. We then swore true allegiance to the Supreme Council of the 33rd Degree, above all other allegiances, and swore never to recognize any other brother as being a member of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry unless he also recognizes the Supreme authority of “this Supreme Council”.
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Dr Browne, Secretary of the Great Yarmouth Club, adopted the idea, and, with the assent of the club’s golfers, this style of competition was introduced there for use in match play. During one competition Mr CA Wellman (possibly Major Charles Wellman) exclaimed to Dr Browne that, “This player of yours is a regular Bogey man”. This was probably a reference to the eponymous subject of an Edwardian music hall song “Hush! Hush! Hush! Here Comes the Bogey Man”, which was popular at that time. So at Yarmouth and elsewhere the ground score became known as the Bogey score.
A ‘bogle’ was a Scottish goblin as far back as the 16th Century and a Bogey-man was a widely used term for a goblin or devil. Golfers of the time considered they were playing a Mister Bogey when measuring themselves against the bogey score.
In 1892, Colonel Seely-Vidal, the Hon Secretary of the United Services Club at Gosport, also worked out the “Bogey” for his course. The United Club was a services club and all the members had a military rank. They could not measure themselves against a “Mister” Bogey or have him as a member, so ‘he’ was given the honorary rank of Colonel. Thus the term ‘Colonel Bogey’ was born. Bogey competitions are still played at many clubs.
The above text was stolen from here because I didn’t feel like typing.
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Hey Assworth… is this where youth meets experience.
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