The game ends when both temas have thrown all of their stones History Invented in late medieval Scotland The word curling first appears in print in 1620 In the early history the people played with flat stones The first curling championship was limited to men `'Scatch Chup''- in 1959 The first title was won by a Canadian Team The first curling club in the United States began in 1830 A curling match at Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire, Scotland 1860. A Curling House near Stewarton in Ayrshire, Scotland, now converted into dwelling. Olympic Curling An official sport in Winter Olympic Games since 1998 First Olympic medals were awarded for the Olympic Games in 1924 gold - Great Britain, Irland silver - Swedan (2x) bronze - France The curling sheet an area of ice, flat and level 146 to 150 feet (45 to 46m) in lenght, 14,5 to 16,5 feet (4,4 to 5,0m) in width
The suppers are normally held on or near the poet's birthday, January 25, sometimes known as Burns Night, although they may in principle be held at any time of the year. Burns suppers are most common in Scotland (and also in Russia, where nationally televised Burns nights are held in the Kremlin). Wherever there are Burns clubs, expatriate Scots, or indeed lovers of Burns' poetry the celebrations take place. The first suppers were held in Ayrshire at the end of the 18th century by his friends on the anniversary of his death, July 21, In Memoriam and, although the date has changed to the 25th of January since then, they have been a regular occurrence ever since. The traditional Burns supper menu consists of cockaleekie soup (or Scotch broth) and haggis with "tatties and neeps" (potatoes and rutabagas), Tipsy Laird
When his father died, he had to support his family. He was bad farmer so they had to live very poorly. His early death was due to the fact that all his life he had lived in poverty. His poems touch the heart of every readers. He wrote about feelings of ordinary people. Also satiric epigrams and humorous poems. He is the one of the most popular sond writers in English literature. The date of his birthday is always celebrated by Scotsmen as a national holiday. His works: "Ayrshire dialect", "Auld Land Syne", "My Heart's in te Highlands". Herbert George Wells(1866-1946): he was born at Bromley, Kent. He graduated London University with first-class honours. He studied science. Wells was greatly interested in the social and scientific problems of his day. He wrote in the form of enertaining fiction. His books "The Time 171 Machine" and "The nvisible Man" are tanslated into Estonian. He was an outstanding representative of the English critical realism.
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