10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PIGSTICKING»
Discover the use of
pigsticking in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
pigsticking and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reminiscences of Twenty Years'
Pigsticking in Bengal
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2
Pigsticking: Or, Hoghunting: A Complete Account for ...
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3
Pigsticking in Morocco and Indi
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Some of Mewar's best landscapes were at Nahar Magra, where Mewari foliage
grew large and thick in the royal pigsticking grounds at Rana Kui ka Bir and Bara
Bir. Paintings from the 1850s and 1860s depicting the hills and lowlands around
...
5
The History of Sport in Britain, 1880-1914: British sport ...
THE sun was shining down brightly upon us, as we left the hotel that stands
outside the walls of white Tangier, and rode along the stony pathway that would
take us up to the pigsticking camp, some sixteen or seventeen miles away. For
fully ...
Pigsticking. The thought of it leapt into Jem's mind when he woke next morning,
flooding it with pictures as he remembered last year. His father, tall and laughing,
scraping the pig with a group of village men who joked and helped. His mother ...
7
A Spy For All Seasons: My Life in the CIA
Tent pegging was, in a sense, practice for the sport of pigsticking. The Brits had
developed pigsticking into a fine art. The hunter carried a spear or lance, which
was actually a long bamboo pole with a particularly sharp, double-edged, steel ...
The one most prominent perennial meeting of the kindred is the “killing,” the “
pigsticking.” To Atany folk, pigsticking is at least as important as Christmas. This
is also the most intimate occasion for the gathering, for only the closest relatives
are ...
9
Travel, Sport & Hunting in India and Central America
The first time that I made acquaintance with that most exciting of all Indian sport,
yclept pigsticking, I confess I was somewhat sceptical on the subject. I had not
long arrived from the " old country," and the glorious memories of a quick forty ...
10
The Anthropological Field on the Margins of Europe, 1945-1991
I judged that the local practice of pigsticking, called furež, might serve well as a
vehicle to understand what I would first describe decades later as the life-worlds
of Žetalanci. After all, as Edmund Leach had pointed out, every action has both its
...
Aleksandar Boskovic, Chris Hann, 2014
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PIGSTICKING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
pigsticking is used in the context of the following news items.
Fashion archive: There's more to Pierre Cardin than collarless jackets
Hunting partridge, pigsticking, country sports of all kinds, never interested him. He thought he might be an actor, but although he once played ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
How One 138-Page Book Inspired the Creation of the Boy Scouts
... to Scouting, the Daily Telegraph found the book “racily written" and reported that "Colonel Baden-Powell's work on 'Pigsticking' [is] a classic.". «Smithsonian, Jan 15»
McClymont gives the crowd what they want at Olle lecture
While glorying in her role at the Sydney Morning Herald, pigsticking fish in the barrel of New South Wales' parliamentary “Bear Pit”, she also ... «Crikey, Nov 14»
How Ranji made the throne his own
He had had every advantage- an English tutor, education at the Rajkumar College, constant coaching at cricket, tennis, polo, pigsticking, ... «Cricbuzz, Sep 14»
Actually, It's the Year of the Boar
... after wild boars, striving to stab them with lances. The Pigsticking Club of Spain prides itself on a long heritage and international membership. «Huffington Post, Nov 13»
Horseback Boar Hunting Regains Popularity in Spain
The country now has a Pigsticking International Club, and the activity has been officially included in Spanish hunting regulations since last ... «Field and Stream, May 13»
HOME TRUTHS FROM MILES AWAY
... Affair), focused like Raoul's Reminiscences of Twenty Years' Pigsticking in Bengal or general like James Cameron's An Indian Summer. «Calcutta Telegraph, Apr 13»
A Renaissance For 'Pigsticking' In Spain
An ancient hunting ritual is making a comeback in modern Spain: the practice of hunting wild boar on horseback with spears — and no guns. «NPR, Apr 13»
The ratter on the ridge
After many drinks, we were invited to go pigsticking. The man, who would not be named - he'd done time - had a giant dog with crooked teeth ... «The Australian, Mar 13»
Philip Crosland
He became a member of the Calcutta Light Horse, rode with the Delhi Hunt in pursuit of jackal, played polo, went pigsticking with the Meerut ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Oct 12»
