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Originally Posted by david.ewles
the ashes are the cricket stumps from some England Aussie game years ago
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Not strictly true. it is rumoured that burnt bails are in the urn but it has never been confirmed.
http://www.abcofcricket.com/A_Legend.../the_birth.htm
After that mock obituary appeared in the Times some ladies allegedly burnt bails and placed them in a small urn which was presented to the England captain, I think his name was the Hon.Hugo Bligh a relation of the infamous Captain Bligh of the Bounty.