Dwile Flonking at the Red Lion, Snargate, Kent

A 'dull witted person' is chosen as the referee or 'jobanowl' and the two teams decide who flonks first by tossing a sugar beet. The game begins when the jobanowl shouts "Here y'go t'gither!"

The non-flonking team joins hands and dances in a circle around a member of the flonking team, a practice known as 'girting'. The flonker dips his dwile-tipped 'driveller' (a pole 2--3 ft long and made from hazel or yew) into a bucket of beer, then spins around in the opposite direction to the girters and flonks his dwile at them.

If the dwile misses completely it is known as a 'swadger' or a 'swage'. When this happens the flonker must drink the contents of an ale-filled 'gazunder' (chamber pot ('goes-under' the bed)) before the wet dwile has passed from hand to hand along the line of now non-girting girters chanting the ancient ceremonial mantra of "pot pot pot".

A full game comprises four 'snurds', each snurd being one team taking a turn at girting. The jobanowl adds interest and difficulty to the game by randomly switching the direction of rotation, and will levy drinking penalties on any player found not taking the game seriously enough.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Dwile Flonking
• Red Lion Snargate

[helenorbridget]

What a natural morris man! The leg action!! The funky shorts!!! 

[kassandra344]

You need to have 2/3 pints (at least!) of cider under your belt to understand the 'why' methinks, but it looks like fun :)

I love your chuckle :))))

[ryeboy66]

Great stuff Kelvin ,wish i had come down .