In early spring the ground in Clay County, Tennessee is too wet to plow, and too wet to play marbles. in late fall the frosty nights are too cold for the game, and besides, tobacco is in need of ...

Do kids still play marbles? If memory serves, we drew a big circle in the dirt and used a shooter marble to knock smaller marbles out of the circle. The phrase “play for keeps” comes from the practice ...

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If you’ve held onto old marbles from childhood or stumbled across a dusty jar in the attic, you might be wondering if they’re worth anything. Not all old marbles have high value, but certain handmade, ...

I have a small basket full of antique clay marbles that I love and so do my granddaughters. It’s the uneven shapes and the colors — dark-blue cobalt, brown or red glazes — that have attracted me to ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I used to be a crack shot at pitch (marbles) ...

Bright light glittered off the shiny surface. It had rained hard the night before and the beautiful old marble, lost a half century ago from some young child's collection, was again exposed. Joining a ...

Dug up from my allotment in Benson about 15 years ago. Helps give an understanding of childrens activities during those times - it was not all hard toil from when they could walk. Comments are closed ...