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Curling is a sport that two teams of four play each other by sliding the heavy polished granite stones down the sheet of ice and try to get it as close as possible to the "House", a circular target marked in the ice.Curling was first thought to be invented in Scotland, by people sliding stones on ice in 1541. There are two paintings both dated 1565. The painting depicts some Dutch peasants playing it on the ice. The word "Curling" first appeared in 1620 in the verses of a poem by Henry Adamson.