Jedburgh, Mercat Cross, UK. 22nd Feb, 2018. Jed Hand Ba' The annual game of hand ball takes place every year the Thursday after Fastern's E'en. The tradition derives from 1548 when a party of Scots recaptured Ferniehirst Castle, a mile south of Jedburgh and used an Englishman's head in a celebratory game after the battle. the Schule Ba, the first to be thrown up at 12 noon, for the boys games ( Credit: Rob Gray/Alamy Live News Stock Photo