Ever Heard Tell of the Mill Game?
Lois left the following comment: “Tipper or any other readers out there, does anyone remember a children’s number-guessing game played…
More about the Mouse Game
Early this week when I ask you about the mouse game, Tammy was able to provide Darlene with the words…
Did You Ever Play the Mouse Game?
A few days ago I received the following message from Darlene Harbor Boyd. Tipper, can you ask your readers if…
The Bull and Baseball
Today’s guest post was written by Garland Davis. I grew up in Western North Carolina in the fifties. As far as…
Grasshoppers and Kids
I’ve seen more grasshoppers this year than I have in years. Every time I walk through the yard it’s like…
Cross Questions and Crooked Answers
cross questions and crooked answers noun phrase A guessing game played in some Smokies homes in the 1930s and observed…
Playing Snap Dragon at Christmas
I was trying to enlighten and educate Chatter with some newly discovered Christmas knowledge I recently acquired when she gave…
The Joy of a Swing
Veler Marcus: Daddy would make us rope swings. Tie a rope in a loop on a limb in the yard…
Memories of Swinging on Grapevines
The other day I noticed a grapevine just at the top edge of a long slopping bank deep in the…
Courtship Games – Do Kids Still Play Them?
Courtship games from The Frank C. Brown Collection North Carolina Folklore A boy and a girl stand at one side of…
Bread n Butter and Posts
Blind Pig reader Hazel Carr, sent me the following question after reading the childhood game posts I’ve been sharing. “Do…
The Magic of Marbles
Today’s guest post was written by Jim Casada. Jim Casada Copyright 2016 THE MAGIC OF MARBLES During the halcyon days…