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William Baxter,
President of the FILC (International Federation of Celtic Wrestling)
and the Scottish Wrestling Bond sharing a joke with triple Olympic
Champion Alexander Medved, FILA's "Greatest Free Style Wrestler
of the 20th Century" and Jacques Rogge, President of The Olympic
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Now clear the ring |
Hector MacDonald |
For hand to hand |
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The manly wrestlers take their stand |
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Two o´er the rest superior rose |
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And proud demanded mightier foes |
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Nor called in vain for Douglas came |
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For life is Hugh of Larbert lame |
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Scarce better John of Alloa´s fare |
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Whom homeward bound his comrades bear |
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| Canto IV The Combat The Lady of the Lake, by Sir Walter Scott (1771/1832) |
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"THE WRESTLING HERITAGE
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A Pictorial Encyclopaedia
of a Neglected Cultural Treasure" |
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By William Baxter &
David P Webster |
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The Official
Scottish Wrestling Bond Website, with a Wrestling History from 1870,
and various Highland Games also different wrestling styles including
Gouren, Irish, Cornish, Cumberland & Westmorland, ranggeln, lucha
leon, Olympic freestyle, Greco-roman |
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