Drop The Handkerchief
Drop the Handkerchief is a game I remember playing in the gym of the old Martins Creek School. The game…
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Mumbly Peg
Mumbly peg (or mumble peg) is a game I’ve seen boys play during my lifetime. I’ve even seen grown men…
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Freeze Tag
Did you ever play freeze tag? Ed Ammons sent me this short description of Freeze Tag: How to Play Freeze…
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Blowing Bubbles
Blowing bubbles is a right of childhood. At some point, either at home or at school, children experience the joy…
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Playing Marbles
I’ve always loved marbles not necessary to play with, just to hold in my hand and look at. I remember…
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Pretty Girl Station
Angie and Tipper – Martins Creek Elementary School Pretty Girl Station is a game I remember playing in the grassy…
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Unique Baby Dolls
When I was a little girl my favorite thing to play with was my dolls. There was a doll on…
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Jenny Jones From Madison County
As we began our journey of games, I mentioned Play Party Games were very popular in the mountains of Appalachia….
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Anty Over
The Frank C. Brown Collection Of North Carolina Folklore describes the game of Anty Over like this: A group of…
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Crack The Whip
Ed Ammons left the following comment on one of the recent game posts: We used to play a game where…
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Please And Displease
The Foxfire 6 book is chock full of games from Appalachia along with lots of other interesting things. I found the…
