tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173932.post114745419918082156..comments2024-01-27T12:33:01.469-05:00Comments on Bloggamooga: Reading hat trickUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13173932.post-1147568854178230242006-05-13T21:07:00.000-04:002006-05-13T21:07:00.000-04:00must be i'm a little too canadacentric...always as...must be i'm a little too canadacentric...always assumed tossing hats onto the ice (in an era when almost all men wore hats) was exclusively for three hockey goals by one player within one period (or three poetry readings within a week), but here it is, the true derivation of hat trick: originally from cricket, c.1877. Taking three wickets on three bowls allegedly entitled the bowler to receive a hat from his club commemorating the feat. By 1909 it was being used in other sports.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com