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pig-sticking

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pig-sticking
the so-called sport of hunting wild pigs on horseback and stabbing them to death with spears.
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This possibly reaches back to the dawn of time when some cave bloke somewhere thought it necessary to exaggerate his skills in pig-sticking or hunting the hairy mammoth to impress his fellows.
Prithee, fair maid - do you come here often? by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
The jousting itself basically consists of four parts - hitting the quintaine (a medieval target), collecting rings on your lance, and pig-sticking (picking up foam off the floor with a sharpened pole).
Knight for one day! by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
Gray, who was born in Beijing, was a renowned horseman in the Indian army, and won the Kadir Cup for individual pig-sticking.
Obituary: Death of breeding pioneer Douglas Gray, 94 by The Racing Post (London, England)
 
 
 
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