The Rules
There are very few rules in existence. The main ones are:
- Committing murder or manslaughter is prohibited. Unnecessary violence is frowned upon.
- The ball may not be carried in a motorised vehicle.
- The ball may not be hidden in a bag, coat or rucksack etc.
- Cemeteries, churchyards and the town memorial gardens are strictly out of bounds.
- Playing after 10 pm is forbidden.
- To Score a Goal the ball must be tapped 3 times in the area of the Goal.
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Famous quotes containing the word rules:
“A man often thinks he rules himself, when all the while he is ruled and managed; and while his understanding directs one design, his affections imperceptibly draw him into another.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“You’d leave your own mother here, if the rules called for it.”
—Michael Wilson (1914–1978)