Scone is a large village, a mile north of Perth, Scotland. The village was moved from its original position next to Scone Palace, ancient crowning place of the kings of Scotland, a mile west of where it stands now. The Stone of Scone gets its name from this site.
It is worth mentioning that the bread/cake whose name is spelt s-c-o-n-e has nothing to do with the village. Indeed, while the bread is pronounced 'skon' or 'skoan', the village is pronounced 'skoon'.
The Ba game of Scone
Here the men of the parish would assemble at the cross, the married on one side, the bachelors on the other, the play continuing from 2 o'clock till sunset. Whoever got the ball in his hands would run with it till he was overtaken by one of the opposition. If he was not able to shake himself loose, he would throw the ball from him, unles it was wrestled by one of the other side.
No player was allowed to kick the ball. The object of the married men was to "hang" the ball, that is to put it three times into a small lide on the moor which was ther "dool", or limit; whilst that of the bachelors was to "drown" or dip the ball in a deep place in the river, which was their limit.
The party who could effect either of these objects won the game, if neither won, the ball was cut into equal parts at sunset.