Then the unfortunate church band came to their senses, and remembered where they were; and 'twas a sight to see Nicholas Puddingcome and Timothy Thomas and John Biles creep down the gallery stairs with their fiddles under arms, and poor Dan'l Hornhead with his serpent, and Robert Dowdle with his claionet, all looking as little as ninepins; and out they went. The pa'son might have forgi'ed 'em when he learned the truth o't, but the squire would not. That very week he sent for a barrel-organ that would play two-and-twenty new psalm-tunes, so exact and particular that, however sinful inclined you was, you could play nothing but psalm-tunes whatsomever. He had a really respectable man to turn the winch, as I said, and the old players played no more... amongst the Tailors'. Shown to the left is a modern commercial version of Table Skittles from Masters

Table Skittles is a traditional British pub game. Also known as “the Devil Amongst the Tailors”, this game is set up with 9 small wooden pins in a diamond formation on a raised wooden base. Fairburn's edition of the play is entitled The Devil among the Tailors, it includes an account of the event. [3] Abräumen ("sweeping off"): Three spins, with no repositioning between spins. If there is a tie for most, there is a playoff. The next round begins with fresh stakes and all players (not just those who came first) can play again. This goes on until there is a winner. for (apart from the legs, don't know what happened to them) and lovingly polished since then, and is

Bulls Head (Little Hallam Hill, Ilkeston) - Possibly thelast surviving venue forthe gamein an area that once had a thriving Table Skittles league (Long Alley is still going strong). The table, an old Jacques model ( left), ison permanent loan to the pubby a local, andset up ready for play in the right-hand bar. The skittles arekept behind the bar counter. Daddlums is a Hood Skittles variant in which the cheese is normally thrown so that it lands near the

It’s a great game and perfect for bars or game-rooms when you want a safer version of an accuracy game like darts. This sport is particularly well known in Bavaria ( Mering), Tyrol (Tyrolean table skittles), South Tyrol (Merano table skittles) and Upper Austria, but also in Baden-Württemberg ( Wolfach). Hood Skittles. A throwing version of table skittles played in English pubs, especially in the counties of Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Bedfordshire. Originally, small circular cheeses were thrown at the 9 skittles. Now leather discs (still called ‘cheeses’) are used and thrown at a table that is specially equipped with padding and a safety net, resembling an armchair. [2] Nine Men’s Morris is also a mill strategy game, where each player tries to form horizontal or vertical rows of 3 consecutive pieces. A scoreboard is sometimes integrated into the front of the board and can appear in several styles. Quite often, a cribbage board is used.As the winter season approaches, we thought it would be a good time to explore some of our favorite traditional pub games. The game involves nine small skittles arranged in a 3 × 3 square, usually on a raised plinth within a shallow open-topped wooden tray, about 2 x 2½ feet in size, sitting on a table-top. A cribbage board often forms part of the tray and is used for keeping score. [1]