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Show la Oolf Scotch er Dwtcht The orlgta of golf, on of the moat i Popular pastimes In the United King- I doro, haa generally been ascribed to Scotland. But this it a fallacy. Lata- ( ly. however, It is asserted that It Is to , Hollaed we owe this game, and that It was brought from Holland to Scotland, Scot-land, ror Instance, tho nam "golf Itself la derived from tho Dutch word , Rolf, meaning hat or club. "Foro!" tho word shouted befor driving oS la derived from the Dutch word toot, meaning, la front From "pot-Un" "pot-Un" the Dutch word to hole wo get oar English word put; and niblick tho Scotch "kalbloeh," a knob of wood la derlvod from tho Dutch knobbe-lachtlg. knobbe-lachtlg. meaning knotty. |
