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I have just been looking at a website about clogs in Lancashire and came across this...

Up and Down Fighting

Clog fighting, locally called 'purring' was a means of settling disputes. Both the fighting and the betting among spectators was illegal.

"It is all up and down fighting here. They fought quite naked, excepting their clogs. When one has the other down on the ground he first endeavours to choke him by squeezing his throat, then he kicks him on the head with his clogs. Sometimes they are very severely injured."





http://chrisbrady.itgo.com/clogmaker/clogmaker2.htm