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Newport Boy	Folklore: translations from the Australian part 2 (54* d)	RE: Folklore: translations from the Australian part 2	29 Jan 20
he reversed quickly, skittling a rubbish bin (skittling) - skittles is a backyard version of ten pin bowling. Smaller pins, smaller ball, used mostly by kids. Wrong way round, Helen. Ten-pin bowling is a tarted-up version of skittles for lazy people who can't walk the length of the alley to re-set the pins. Skittles is not a game aimed at kids - in Gloucestershire and Somerset it's played in leagues by deadly serious adults. Most country pubs have, or used to have, a skittle alley.

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