What country still plays Ba Game around Christmas and Hogmanay ?
" Traditional Shrove Tuesday matches in the United Kingdom -- annual town - or village - wide football games with their own rules : " * Alnwick in Northumberland * Ashbourne in Derbyshire ( known as Royal Shrovetide Football ) * Atherstone in Warwickshire * Corfe Castle in Dorset The Shrove Tuesday Football Ceremony of the Purbeck Marblers * Haxey in North Lincolnshire ( the Haxey Hood , actually played on Epiphany ) * Hurling the Silver Ball takes place at St Columb Major in Cornwall * Sedgefield in County Durham * In Scotland the Ba game is still popular around Christmas and Hogmanay at : ** Duns in Berwickshire ** Scone in Perthshire ** Kirkwall in Orkney Outside the UK other medieval games include : * Calcio Fiorentino — a modern revival of Renaissance football from 16th century Florence .