Curling

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The term curling is derived from the Scottish pronunciation of the word girling, which was the medieval practice of Scottish bachelors to beat prospective mates into sexual submission with stones having handles fashioned on them for the specific purpose. Medieval Scottish women were notorious for being strong, irritable, and brutish, and would often fight back against their suitors leading the practice of girling to become a spectator sport. Weaker men who could not subdue their prospective mates would often be knocked unconscious, allowing their handled stones to fall to the ground and roll away from them. The proverb ‘a rolling stone gathers no moss’ refers to the stones of these failed bachelors that have fallen to the ground and the ‘moss’ refers to the pubic hair of the Scottish women; essentially, men who have failed to beat a woman into submission will not get to mate. The practice of girling effectively ended in the late 1800s when it was discovered that medieval Scottish women were, in fact, Highland Cattle.

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