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NINE-PINS (NINEPINS) [1]. AKA and see "Cats in the Village." English, Jig. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABC. Ninepins is a game similar to bowling, and although there are various rules and procedures for the game, it is generally played with hand-sized balls and a set of nine slender pins arranged in a diamond pattern. The game was popular in Europe for several hundred years before being imported to the New World in the 1600's where it was a favorite with early Dutch and German settlers. Ninepins could even be found in Puritan communities despite the elders' consistent objections to such pleasurable activities. The game of ninepins was a popular betting game, too popular for some lawmakers, who outlawed the game in Connecticut and New York in the early 19th century.

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Printed sources: Kennedy (Fiddler's Tune Book, vol. 2), 1954; p. 47.

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