Bruce McGowan, The hog-score in the great rink of time : ramblings on curling with John Rae McCowan (1919-2021). Book 1 Expanded: The Outdoor Natural Ice Era in Scotland, 1500-1900, Toronto, Ayrshire Archaeological and Natural History Society 2022 [2024].
The big take-aways from this curling history, The Hog-Score Book 1, rather go against the conventional historiography grain. Here they are:
---The agricultural revolution in the Scottish Lowlands was initially tenant-farmer driven (then later adopted and modified by the landowning class for the purposes of maximizing profit from the land).
---In the early years (pre-agricultural improvement), lowland landlords were not nearly as active in the recreation of curling as other histories suggest.
