The History (Religion) of the Hash.
Information for new hashers (a.k.a. “virgins”)
You’re curious about hashing. If you have never attended a hash before, YOU ARE STILL A VIRGIN! If you have a short attention span you can watch the short documentary below (compiled by hashers in Santa Barbara, Calif.), which is a good intro to what hashing is like everywhere in the world.
This information was blatantly stolen from the Houston Hash House Harriers.
You’re curious about hashing. If you have never attended a hash before, YOU ARE STILL A VIRGIN! If you have a short attention span you can watch the short documentary below (compiled by hashers in Santa Barbara, Calif.), which is a good intro to what hashing is like everywhere in the world.
This information was blatantly stolen from the Houston Hash House Harriers.
Wikipedia has a great history of the Hash House Harriers but here's what you need to know. The Hash is a "Drinking Club with a Running Problem." Hashing originated in December 1938 in Kuala Lumpur, then in the Federated Malay States (now Malaysia), when a group of British colonial officers and expatriates began meeting on Monday evenings to run, in a fashion patterned after the traditional British paper chase or "hare and hounds", to rid themselves of the excesses of the previous weekend.
The objectives of the Hash House Harriers as recorded on the club registration card dated 1950:
- To promote physical fitness among our members
- To get rid of weekend hangovers
- To acquire a good thirst and to satisfy it in beer
- To persuade the older members that they are not as old as they feel
