Show Old alma TIme school barbarism for centuries cock fighting was encouraged cou raged in english school schools fitzstephen in the twelfth century mentions it as an amusement amp of london era and that yearly at shrovetide the boys of every school brought cocks to their schoolmasters and all the forenoon was spent in school witnessing these birds fight As lato late as 1790 tho the income ot of the schoolmaster of apple cross in ito ros s shire waa was drawn partially from cock fight dues down to 1816 1815 at least there was an annual exhibition hibi hibit tion lon of cock fighting at the manchester N lanchester grammar school |