Quote Originally Posted by NewEnglander View Post
I've been watching a lot of curling and I have to say the same thought has crossed my mind. Makes one wonder how play has changed since the invention of the game.
I quite strongly doubt that curling was ever played by kilted gentlemen. The old rink at Moy is now just a shallow depression, but those who used it from the village were not a kilted folk when it was built in the late 18C, and those from the Hall were I think too gentle for the possibilities. Ah yes, and there is the other issue of imperfections in natural ice and the damage bits of grit can do to one's knees.