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The World Egg Throwing Championships 2023 being held near the village of Swaton, Lincolnshire in United Kingdom on June 25, 2023. The organised sport of Egg Throwing is thought to date back to at least 1322 when the newly appointed Abbot took possession of the Parish of Swaton by royal decree. It is said that he was the only person to own chickens and ensured the attendance at church of his peasant by providing them alms of one egg for each attendee. However, when the River Eau flooded, preventing people getting to church, the monks would hurl the eggs over to the waiting peasants. (Photo by Tim Scrivener/Bournemouth News)
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