I Have Found My Marbles!

Games People Played - Part 1

Not that I had ever REALLY lost them, but I had tucked them 

away in one of those built-in cabinets that are up so high 

you need a step stool to put things in them. 

When I had this idea to do a post about games,

that has now morphed into a series of three posts,

I gathered all (well, some) of my game things together.

Some of them are so cool, they deserve their own post. 

Like these marbles. Some are really old and made of Agate.

There's even a blue agate one.

My son Ethan found the largest Agate marble under a bush

in front of a circa 1900 home in our old neighborhood.

These marbles were nicknamed "Aggies."

I found the small ones inside an old game in the toy section of 

the Purple Heart Thrift Store in Houston years ago.

I think these glass ones are also old - they have a matte finish

and show signs of being played with and enjoyed.

The others are newer - the kind I remember playing with as a kid.

We played with them in games, but I never really played

the kind of MARBLES game where you shoot them and knock

other marbles out of a circle (or wherever.)

That was more of a boy's game.

I've gathered that you use the large ones to do this.

I think they're called "Shooters."

If I am wrong, please correct me!

There are several large ones in my collection.

But you can't tell in this photo, because I didn't put 

a small one for comparison! Trust me on this. 

(Or look at the photos above.)

And somehow, they used "Steelies," which look

quite a lot like a ball bearing. This one is in desperate

need of cleaning. 

Some of mine are opaque glass, and others are

transparent. Some have bubbles, others don't.

I like all of them. I like the history of them. 

Marbles have been found in ancient Rome and Egypt.

They were made of clay, stone or glass.

Ceramic marbles began to be mass-produced in the 1870s.

In the early 1900s, glass marbles were mass produced

in the US. Most US marbles came from Ohio. 

Today, two companies still produce glass marbles:

Jabo Vitro in Reno, Ohio, and

Marble King, in Paden City, West Virginia.

Why don't people play games anymore?

Because we sit at our computers?

Let's bring them back for our children and grandchildren!

Word for the Day:

Zechariah 8:5

The city streets will be filled 

with boys and girls playing there.

May today have some fun and games

to balance out the work you have to do!

-Revi

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