Pub games an arc so as to hook it onto a bull's horn or hook attached to the wall. There is a vibrant and thriving tradition of playing this game at what is reputedly the oldest pub in England, "Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem" in Nottingham. The game was adopted by the earlier settlers of the Caribbean islands, where it is also referred to as the Bimini Ring Game. Shove ha'penny (or shove halfpenny) is played by two players on a small, smooth board, normally made of slate. A number of parallel lines or grooves run horizontally across this board. Ha'pennies or
Christianity in Roman Britain British Christian monk living somewhere in Western Britain during the sixth century CE, discussed the issue in his "De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae" ("The Ruin and Conquest of Britain"). Many of the claims which Gildas made about the establishment of Christianity in Roman Britain are at odds with the information provided in other sources; he for instance claimed that the Empire Tiberius was a Christian who sanctioned the religion's spread, and that the British Church underwent a schism due to the influence of Arianism. The arrival of Christianity was later discussed by Bede, an Anglo-Saxon monk based in the Kingdom