10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DWILE»
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dwile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
dwile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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face2face Advanced Teacher's Book with DVD
Even most British people will be baffled if you ask them What dwile flonking is.
But for the inhabitants of some villages in Eastern England, dwile flonking is a
part of their tradition, one that some say dates back 400 years. So how do you
play?
2
Curious Country Customs
Bungay and Beccles, Suffolk (22 January) Not until the 1960s did Dwile Flonking
become a recognized 'sport'. Originally played outside The Farmer's Boy public
house at Kensworth (why do so many of these midwinter customs involve ...
3
Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports
A supposedly ancient Suffolk sport, which came to light in 1967 accompanied by
widespread press interest, dwile flonking was actually invented by a local printer
in 1966 to bring publicity to the annual Beccles village fete. The inventor, or ...
Tony Collins, John Martin, Wray Vamplew, 2005
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Linguistics: An Introduction
The area of 'dwile' recognition in late twentieth century 0 King's Lynn 0
Cambridge Ipswich 0 The area of 'dwile' use in late nineteenth century LONDON
0 Map 1 The lexical attrition of the word dwile in EastAnglia Ofrom Britain
forthcoming) ...
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Eccentric Britain: Britain's Follies and Foibles
But the game spread around the globe for a short dwile, with flonking recorded in
Jakarta, Hong Kong, Singapore, St Andrews and wherever a group of inebriated
East Anglians might end up. Even in such far-flung (and we are flinging) places ...
(Ananooa) Flonk Your DWILE! A dwile-flonking tournament is planned for
summer at the Royal Oak pub in Midhurst, Sussex. For the uninitiated, a dwile is
a flank is to smack someone with a dwile that is twirled at the end of a broom
handle.
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Ben Le Vay's Eccentric Britain
If you've ever thought of country people as easily amused, slow-witted bumpkins
living in another era, then the ludicrous sport of dwile flonking might reinforce
your prejudices. Unless, that is, they have invented it to take the mickey out of the
...
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The English dialect dictionary, being the complete ...
DWEEDLE, 11. Not. [dwi'dL] T o wheerlle, cajole. s.N0t. She wouldn't tell at first,
but A soon dweedlecl it out on 'er. l-Ie pretended to be so friendly; and that's how
he dwecdled )'L'r 'J . DWEEZLE, 2'. away. DWIBLE, see Dwable. DWILE. sb.' e.
Thus we know that when we say that both soccer and dwile- lonking are games,
we know what we mean only because we share a form of life—the point being
reinforced by the fact than many readers of this book, who do not share the ...
Harry Collins, Robert Evans, 2008
10
Great Walks of the World:
The magnificent gardens boast the tallest gravity fountain in the world, shooting
over 91 m (300 ft.). Just down the road dwile flonKinG MaKeS The oliMPicK
roSTer Dover's hill marks the site of the “Olimpick Games” initiated by Captain
Robert ...
D. Larraine Andrews, 2014
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DWILE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
dwile is used in the context of the following news items.
Ok, chaps, anyone for a spot of dwile flunking?
One team stands in a circle while a member of the other side tries to project (flunk) a wet rag (the dwile) at them. If he succeeds, he wins points; ... «Oxford Mail, Jun 15»
Dwile-flonking, welly-wanging, live bands and family fun at three …
Welly-wanging, dwile-flonking - hitting an opposing team with beer-soaked floor cloths - and splat-the-rat will be among the games on offer and ... «Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, Jun 15»
Year of the Sheep organisers delighted with its first major event at …
... in the year there will be the Hadleigh Championsheep Games, involving activities such as Dwile Flonking, sheep tossing and splosh rugby. «East Anglian Daily Times, May 15»
Sub-aqua club opens its doors
... Pair's 600 miles in the saddle · Remarkable former publican Florence going strong at 104 · Ok, chaps, anyone for a spot of dwile flunking? «Oxford Mail, Mar 15»
Just bazaar behaviour
... chaps, anyone for a spot of dwile flunking? Picture 1 (top) was taken in 1963 when Scouts and pupils from East Oxford School combined their ... «Oxford Mail, Dec 14»
Ufford: White Lion's beer festival to celebrate 20th annual 'dwile …
The obscure sport of 'dwile flonking' will be taking centre stage at a Suffolk pub's beer festival this weekend as it celebrates the 20th ... «East Anglian Daily Times, Aug 14»
Barmy British festivals: eccentric events for all the family
Dwile Flunking. This pub game, where a soggy dishcloth is lobbed at a ring of players, traditionally takes place outside a tavern. It is a social ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 14»
Dwyle flunking at a pub in England
An alternative spelling is “dwile flonking.” Hard to think there would be a better place to see it than here where ol' Tommy Paine started forming ... «Boston Globe, Jul 14»
Top 50 Things to do in Suffolk: The search begins
We're talking barrel rolling in Westleton, dwile flonking, crabbing in Walberswick, the British Jigsaw Championship or, if a national competition ... «BBC News, Jan 14»
Hull named UK City of Culture 2017: It's about celebrating the …
... the winning city can raid a pick'n'mix counter of concerts, readings, exhibitions, lectures and celebrations of dwile-flonking in the shires, stage ... «The Independent, Nov 13»
