This tradition dates to a game played in 1199. The game is now known as Medieval football, aka mob football, folk football, and Shrovetide football. The rules have varied but generally involved a ball, numerous participants, and trying either to get possession of the ball and/or carry it over a marker, and/or kicking it into a balcony. It basically has some form of all the elements of modern soccer, rugby, and American, Canadian, Gaelic and Australian football variants.
The next time someone says "hand egg," or "how come you call it football when you use your hands," you can point to these videos. They've been calling this football for 800 years.
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