Ye Bonnie Gemme ; the 500-Year-Old Scottish Poem 'Praising' Football - and Penned by a Woman
Daily Mail › November 10, 2007
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IT is hard to imagine football fans raising the roof with the obscure ditty at any of today's matches.
In fact, most supporters would probably not have a clue what the ancient ode to the beautiful game meant.See the full content of this document
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Ye Bonnie Gemme ; the 500-Year-Old Scottish Poem 'Praising' Football - and Penned by a Woman
But 'The Bewteis of the Fute-ball', penned in Scotland around 1580, has emerged as the world's oldest poem about the sport.
It is credited as 'anonymous', bu...See the full content of this document
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