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"There would be contests at solving riddles and puzzles, at the rope tug, and lifting and tossing weights, prizes for the best singer, the best dancer and the best fiddle player, for the quickest to shear a sheep, even the *best at bowls*.
"Tables beneath the thick branches were where folk sat of a fine afternoon and watched the play *at bowls*"
""Other dreams came...
Mat stood on a village green, playing at bowls. ...Rubbing the ball between his hands, he took a short run and casually rolled it across the smooth grass. All nine pins fell, scattered as if they had been kicked".

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