The book takes place in 1894 and in Stirling. Stirling is a city in central Scotland, 42 km northeast of Glasgow and 60 km north-west of Edinburgh.
Alan is hurt when Gordon hits him with a curling stone. Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area that is segmented into four concentric circles. Evidence that curling existed in Scotland in the early 16th century includes a curling stone inscribed with the date 1511 found when an old pond was drained at Dunblane, Scotland. Outdoor curling was very popular in Scotland between the 16th and 19th centuries because the climate provided good ice conditions every winter.
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