Playing Marbles As A Boy by rangeriderrichard

Writers • People • posted on Apr 08, 2015

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To see who shot first you had to lag And if closest to the pot you could brag Then carefully eye the one closest to you And shoot it and hit it if your aim was true The object being to send it into the hole hoping all the while not to get a bad roll for if you hit it you got to shoot again and could keep on shooting stopping only when you missed or got all of the marbles to fall into the hole and that would end it all our back yard was made for marble play hard-packed earth that turned smoky gray warriors were well-prepared for marble wars and immune to the pain of marble shooting sores bags and tins of “mibs” of every color and size peewees, purees, boulders, and shooters to prize every kid had a collection and a favorite and his special prize was the one you tried to get Rolley Hole is the name of that game of skill Great to play when you had an afternoon to kill Another we played is simply called Ringer Again you’d shoot marbles with a flick of your finger But this time from outside a circle drawn in the dirt .... I’ll tell ya all about if we can flirt ? ------------ Thanks for reading & commenting. Previous Photo:

Comments (9)

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MagikUnicorn

2:40PM | Wed, 08 April 2015

SWEET

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Richardphotos

3:31PM | Wed, 08 April 2015

I recall shooting marbles as a kid. always wanting a "Stealy" to destroy your competitor. brings back memories

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bebopdlx

4:42PM | Wed, 08 April 2015

I had a great collection of "Puries", of course before technology forced everyone indoors.

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Wolfenshire

4:49PM | Wed, 08 April 2015

I'll trade three cat's eyes for a big steelie. Oh, but I think kids today won't ever know the pleasure of this game - or rolling hoops, tops, yo-yo's, jacob's ladder, cup and balls, whirli-gigs - nope, just Candy Crush and Clash of Clans... sigh, so much is lost.

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Faemike55

9:00PM | Wed, 08 April 2015

I remember when!!!!! Great capture and poem - We've lost so much

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UteBigSmile

1:53AM | Thu, 09 April 2015

Smile - We played with marbles too!

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miwi

4:56AM | Thu, 09 April 2015

Brings back memories;klasse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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helanker

1:11PM | Thu, 09 April 2015

OH Yes, I remember my brothers playing marbles, but before the marbles, there were also some made of clay. My brothers were playing those alot too. I had marbles too but i didnt play with them. I just loved to own them :)

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