[MR] IRT the bowling on Vol 31, Issue 15

[Charles Brackett]

When I was in Dunoon (Holy Lock) Scotland and across the Clyde in Gourock, I
saw many a Bowling Green.  So I decided to go that route to answer how
period Bowls were.  According to   http://uk.geocities.com/barhambowls/

The game of bowl dates back to the 14th centry.  The Scotish Bowling
Association didn't get chartered until.

Below is a link to the Gourock Bowling Club in Greenock.
http://www.gourockbc.co.uk/webitegenerator/files/ 

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   1. Bowling / skittles (Bill Mauldin)
   2. Re: Bowling / skittles (jbrmm266 at aol.com)
   3. Re: Bowling / skittles--a question (DRYW FREED)


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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:42:43 -0400
From: "Bill Mauldin" <wmauldin at adelphia.net>
Subject: [MR] Bowling / skittles
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If memory serves, Rip Van Wrinkle mentions bowling in America. It was not
written period but much before 1900.

Geffrei




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Subject: Re: [MR] Bowling / skittles
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Yes, the little men in the hills were playing ninepins. In total silence and
with no apparent pleasure.
 
He fell asleep when he had a drink from the keg he had helped the one little
man carry to the group.
 
The story starts apparently in the 1750's or so to start, because Rip slept
through the Revolutionary War.
 
your servant aye,
Donal 
 
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Subject: [MR] Bowling / skittles


If memory serves, Rip Van Wrinkle mentions bowling in America. It was not
written period but much before 1900.

Geffrei


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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 08:51:04 -0700 (PDT)
From: DRYW FREED <drywdryw at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [MR] Bowling / skittles--a question
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While we're talking about variations on games with pins, when I was a child
in Kentucky, there was a restaurant that had a game called "skittles", but
it was a bit different.  The board was table-sized, with raised sides.  The
skittles were about six inches high and placed on circles marked with
scores.  There was a slot in the side of the board where you placed a
spindle/top wrapped with string.  You pulled the string to spin the top, and
as it bounced around the board, it knocked over a skittle here or there.
Your score was the total under the skittles you knocked over before the top
stopped spinning.
 
The game was Appalachian--the place where some people still speak with
vaguely Elizabethan accents--so I'm not sure if it's a particularly old
game, derived from one, or just a modern invention.  Anyone know anything
about it?  Anyone ever seen the game I'm talking about?  I have only ever
seen it in that one restaurant, so for all I know it's something they
invented there!  
 
Thanks for any info,
Dryw

Bill Mauldin <wmauldin at adelphia.net> wrote:
If memory serves, Rip Van Wrinkle mentions bowling in America. It was not
written period but much before 1900.

Geffrei


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