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head the balls

johnf1004 · 2009-10-12 21:19:40

why are dublin's "head the balls" so-called ...?? been callin them that for ages and then it suddenly hit me that i didnt know why haha...

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12-10-2009 10:19pm

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johnf1004

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why are dublin's "head the balls" so-called ...??
been callin them that for ages and then it suddenly hit me that i didnt know why haha...

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#2 12-10-2009 10:24pm
admiralofthefleet

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i would say its just dubln slang

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#3 12-10-2009 10:29pm
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http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=head+the+ball

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#4 12-10-2009 10:44pm
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It's nothing to do with football but rather a reference to a Dublin character from the 1700s, Hae'ball "king of the beggars" from the 1720s to 1770s.

I believe Hae'ball was anglicised in some references as Hackball.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/17636481/Theft-and-Sacrilege-Dublin-Christmas-1721

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#5 13-10-2009 2:23pm
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there's also a scottish version http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=heid%20the%20baw

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