Going Snipe Hunting
Tipper There really is such a bird as a snipe, but he does not live here. Country boys played this…
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Going Out West
Southern Appalachian Digital Collections A few months ago I mentioned the game Going Out West in one of my videos….
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
