I think you'll find that the movie is showing them employing "Trumpington's Variation". In wintertime "Tudor Court Rules" apply, naturally.

alistair

 
On 2011-07-08, at 9:11 AM, Loren Busch wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 4:01 AM, ed donnen <spliced.surprise@gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> Many years ago an English friend of mine and his mates decided to invent
>> the
>> ancient game of Dwile Flonking, a pub game.
>> 
> 
> Did anyone else notice the difference between the European Rules and the
> rules used here in N. America?  I'll explain.  In NA the rotation is counter
> clockwise, not clockwise, as in the video.  I was not aware of that
> difference in the rules.  But then again I believe that the same holds true
> for horse racing so maybe that explains it.