The Spanish Society of St. Louis MO

bast1399 · Post by **bast1399** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:51 am

The Spanish society of St. Louis Mo is pround to annonce thier new website. It can be found at the following link.

www.spanishsociety.bravehost.com

So if you have a moment stop by and check it out.

Terechu · Post by **Terechu** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:53 am

Thanks for the link. You have a Rana League? I love it!!!

Gracias por el enlace. Tenéis una liga de Rana? Me encanta!!

bast1399 · Post by **bast1399** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 7:13 am

Yes, what a great game, is it still popular in Spain? We also play yallve don't know if this is how you spell this) in the summer.

Terechu · Post by **Terechu** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 5:28 am

Yes, "Llave", "Rana" and "Bolos" are still plaid in many taverns. According to this website, the "llave" was invented by railroad workers in Gijón in the 19th Century and quickly spread throughout Asturias.

Check it out.

http://www.geocities.com/athens/delphi/ ... la%20llave

Xose · Post by **Xose** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:25 am

What's rana? (Other than "frog.")

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:54 am

there's a brief discussion of rana on our website at http://www.asturianus.org/forum/viewtop ... =3542#3542