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Ohio (i/oʊˈhaɪ.oʊ/) is a state in the Midwestern United States. Ohio is the 34th most extensive, the 7th most populous, and the 10th most densely populated of the 50 United States. The state's capital and largest city is Columbus.
The name "Ohio" originated from Iroquois word ohi-yo’, meaning "great river". The state, originally partitioned from the Northwest Territory, was admitted to the Union as the 17th state (and the first under the Northwest Ordinance) on March 1, 1803. Although there are conflicting narratives regarding the origin of the nickname, Ohio is historically known as the "Buckeye State" (relating to the Ohio buckeye tree) and Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes".
The government of Ohio is composed of the executive branch, led by the Governor; the legislative branch, which comprises the Ohio General Assembly; and the judicial branch, which is led by the Supreme Court. Currently, Ohio occupies 18 seats in the United States House of Representatives. Ohio is known for its status as both a swing state and a bellwether in national elections.
A bowling green is a finely-laid, close-mown and rolled stretch of lawn for playing the game of lawn bowls.
Before 1830, when Edwin Beard Budding invented the lawnmower, lawns were often kept cropped by grazing sheep on them. The world's oldest surviving bowling green is the Southampton Old Bowling Green, which was first used in 1299.
When the French adopted "boulingrin" in the 17th century, it was understood to mean a sunk geometrically shaped piece of perfect grass, framed in gravel walks, which often formed the center of a regularly planted wood called a bosquet, somewhat like a highly formalized glade; it might have a central pool or fountain.
The diarist Samuel Pepys relates a conversation he had with the architect Hugh May:
Bowling green specifications are stipulated in the Laws of the Sport of Bowls.
Several games of bowls can be played on a bowling green at the same time. The number of games depends on the dimensions of the green. Each game is played on its own portion of the green. These divided portions of the green are called rinks.
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I wish I was in bowling Green
Sittin' in a chair
With one arm around this old guitar
And the other 'round my dear, the other 'round my dear
Bowling Green, hey, good old bowling green
I've been all around this whole wide world
Been to Tennessee
But there's no other place that I would rather be
That's home sweet home to me
Bowling Green, hey, good old bowling green
If I had a dollar for every song I've sung
I could live in clover until my race was run
until my race was run, until my race was run
But I ain't got a dollar, I ain't got one thin dime
But I got a sweetie pie who loves me all the time
Who loves me all the time