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Thread #167224   Message #4031178
Posted By: Mr Red
30-Jan-20 - 11:13 AM
Thread Name: Folklore: translations from the Australian part 2
Subject: RE: Folklore: translations from the Australian part 2
Mr Red can't. But it is serious. The GF's brother is in a skittles league. When I lived in Malvern and was in a pub where they were playing, they had a song or two that all sang to celebrate a strike, or a win or something. The pin in the centre was called the kingpin. 9 Pins in a diamond oriented square, and a big wooden ball that could pass through all pins without touching.

In Nothamptonshire they played with smaller pins on a table and threw a "cheese" at the pins. Dedicated room, but not that long. In Leicestershire they used what looked like an old pin instead.

Dielects in the art of skittles!