How Many Miles to Babylon? In the 1824 edition of "The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia" there's a description of the rhyme and the game, giving the distance as "six, seven or a lang eight". The rhyme was originally accompanied by a singing game in which two lines face each other, with one player in the middle. At the end of the rhyme the players have to cross the space and any caught help the original player in the middle catch the others. The game seems to have fallen out of use in the twentieth century. In literature In film In music How Many Miles to Babylon?
Bemidji Curling Club Olson and Charlie Naylor and 1988 Senior's Champions included Jack Israelson, Marv Roxstrom, Roger Pfannenstein and Noel Vanasse. In 1989 the team of Mark Haluptzok, Dan Haluptzok, Pete Fenson and Bob Fenson competed in the European Challenge for the right to represent the US in Switzerland. They finished second to Steve Brown of Wisconsin in an extra end playoff game. Junior curling has grown tremendously in our club in recent years, thanks to many parents and curlers who have been interested in promoting it. Our Sunday night junior league now has 50 to 70 participants. In 1989 the Bemidji Curling