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Ringing the Bull
The Badachro Inn, North East Scotland
The North
The Trip To Jerusalem, near Nottingham Castle, Nottingham.
The Crown, Warrington.
The Pineapple Inn, Shaw, Greater Manchester
The Fountain, Linton, the Yorkshire Dales
Old White Bear, Crosshills, North Yorkshire (submitted Andy Keeling June
2000)
Sheffield Arms,High Street Burton upon Stather, Near Scunthorpe North
Lincolnshire 01724 720269. (submitted Dave Coombe November 2000)
The Merry Monk, Rochdale
The Shoulder of Mutton, Methley Road, Castleford, (submitted Dave Storey,
Jan 2001)
The King William IV, Brompton on Swale, Richmond, North Yorkshire (submitted
Ian Cobb, Feb 2002)
The Albion Hilderthorpe Road Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire (mounted
on a bulls head, apparently. Submitted Terry Terlou May 2010)
The South
The Daneway Inn, near the Sapperton Tunnel, Gloucestershire
The Rock Inn, Chiddingstone Hoath, Penshurst, Kent
The Red Lion, Stambourne, near Halstead (from Essex Countryside magazine,
Jan 1991)
The Tower Arms, South Weald, near Brentwood (from Essex Countryside magazine,
Jan 1991)
Three Horseshoes, Bannister Green, Felsted, Essex ('Simon' Oct 2009: The
landlady only knows it has been played there as long as anyone can remember.
The bull is a metal hook on a plate mounted on one of the bar posts).
The Crown & Trumpet Inn, Broadway, Worcestershire (submitted Andy Keeling
July 2000)
Murrell Arms, Barnham, West Sussex. (they have a real bull's horn with
which to ring!) (submitted Mark Robinson, June 2002)
Green Man Public House on Putney Heath, London, SW15 (sub. Susan Harley,
Dec 2002 Allegedly Samuel Pepys played the game here with Dr Johnson,
but we have yet to confirm this.)
Blue Ball Inn, Grantchester, Cambridge (submitted Nov 2007 by Natalie
Bell)
Fort St George Pub, Cambridge (submitted Nov 2007 by Natalie Bell)
The Pink and Lily, Parslows Hillock near Princes Risborough in Buckinghamshire (submitted Jeremy Symondson, June 2012 - but not sure if presently open)
The Pheasant,- 1/4 mile from J14, M4, on the B4000, nearest village Hungerford
Newtown , (sub. Alastair Meikle, March 2004).
International
It's also played around the Caribbean and into Florida but it tends to
be based on big game fish rather than a bull. It's often called Bimini
Ring:
Archies Seabreeze, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA (submitted Bernie Ruddock,
March 2010)
Ring the Horn
The Garden City Inn, Derby. (BBCi 2003) (The equipment consists of a
carved wooden horn, approximately a foot long and shaped like a rhinoceros's
horn).
The Cross at Eversley, The Green, Eversley Cross, Hampshire, RG27 0NS
Tel/Fax: 01189 731 126 (at this pub is a local Hampshire version of ring
the horn with a traditional Boar’s head with its tusk used as the “horn”.
Submitted Jonathan Greenyer, Dec 2005)
Pig Snout
The Sow and Pigs, Toddington, Bedfordshire.
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