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CHEESE ROLLING — John Gherardini holds a cheese as he prepares to throw it during a cheese rolling contest at the Clinton, Ind.. homecoming about three years ago. Gherardini won the contest. Looking on are residents of Clinton, Ind.. including Cecil Turchi, left, brother-in-law of Gherardini.Cheese Rolling Once Quite a SportVTnnv nprcnnc pan rpmpmhprl piallv nnnnlar with tha pnal min.call the round chunks of cheese being hurled toward goal posts.To propel the cheese, a strap with a handle on the end was wrapped around it. A contestant then tossed the cheese with force, letting the strap unfurl and sending the cheese rolling along the course.Pecorino cheese (made fromQfl fnrwide. The cheese was imported from Italy.John Gherardini, regarded as one of the community’s best cheese rollers, said if the ground on which the cheese was being rolled was hard and a good •4o»s was made, up to two blocks in distance could be attained on a single roll.where cheese rolls were held was a strip between Gherardini’s Tavern and the Illinois Central carshops.Most of the cheese rolling games were held on Sundays when the miners were off work.Winners of the games got to eat the cheese. Sometimes a cheese would break open while
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Centralia Sunday Sentinel
Centralia, Illinois, US
Sun, Jul 24, 1966
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