this is what comes to my mind: "Twice each year, on Christmas Eve and Hogmanay, householders and shopkeepers along Kirkwall's winding main streets barricade doors and windows in preparation for the next day's traditional Ba' games. The Ba' is played on Christmas Day and New Year's Day every year." -- orkneyjar bill ----- Original Message ----- From: STRONSAY2@cs.com Date: Saturday, September 18, 2004 3:03 am Subject: [<orcadia>] Gala Day? > My brother asks me to find out about "Gala Day". > I don't know where he heard of it, but he thinks it is related to > some kind > of annual festivity in Orkney. I tried the web site search and had > n o results. > Help! > Anne Slater, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania > > > ==== ORCADIA Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Orcadia mailing list, send an e-mail with > the word > 'unsubscribe' in the message body to orcadia-l-request@rootsweb.com > >