Old Man Morri: The Founder Of Courtesy Cup
Most of you new to the the game of Courtesy Cup may not know how the founder of the fabulous game came up with such and exciting relevant game.
Born in 1878 in a small town in Australia, old man morri invented the game to settle land disputes between rivalling sheep stations over property.
Originally the game consisted of 44 gallon drums and the property, mainly sheep, involved in the dispute.
Players would toss the sheep using both hands, and the person to get thier sheep closest to the drum would win all the sheep on the playing field, thus Courtesy Cup was born.
posted by Old Man Morri @ 7:51 PM
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My great grandfather played one of the first games of what you call "courtesy cup" and he says that many friends and livelyhoods where won and lost in some outrageous games. He still wishes that these days exicted. i've been teaching my kids the "courtesy" way and life is good. My father recently passed away and he wished that Old Man Morri would visit his grave sight. He often reminised of a time Old Man Morri and him played for the Demme sisters out Alice Springs way. "I love this game" he always yelled, often in the middle of the night or at the dinner table. God bless you pa!!
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