does anyone know the names of the marbles (as in the game of)?

Question

does anyone know the names of the marbles (as in the game of)?

Answer 1

we called them chocks.

brings back great memories,I can remember this kid named Steven Blanchard,ill never forget.

we made a date to play chock,he come out with a hand bag full of marbles,inside he had a ball bearing,it was huge,he called it is 40 er meaning 1 marble was 1 point and this was so big it was a fortyer.

we played and I won every marble of him,I was so happy,he went home and started crying,later that day his mum come round my house and my mum made me give every marble back.

I was devastated,Im 39 now and remember that day as if was yesterday.

chock was named for marbles cause that's what you had to dig out for the marbles to fall in.

Answer 2

The English version of marbles developed from a game called "bowls," very much like the game of bowling.

Today, some form of the game of marbles is played almost everywhere in the world.

The South American children called their marbles "bolitas."

In China, children play a game of marbles that involves kicking them.

Persian peasant children play with baked mud marbles, or small pebbles.

Even the Zulus (an African tribe) play a version of marbles!

In the US, children usually play with two kinds of marbles, called "shooters" and "play marbles."

Shooters are also called "taws" in some areas of the country. A shooter cannot be larger than 3/4" in diameter, and no smaller than 17/32". It may be glass, clay, agate, or plastic. Wood is rarely used as a shooter because it is too light to move the other marbles. The shooter is the players favorite marble which he uses over and over to shoot at the other marbles.

Play marbles, or "mibs," are the marbles at which the player aims his shooter. They can be any stone, glass, or plastic. Sometimes the play marbles are named after the material they are made out of, such as glassies, clayies, and agates. Players, usually being small children, trade marbles with each other on a self-determined value system.





Got to http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=marble for more information

Answer 3

Hmm, I don't recognize hardly any of the ones people are talking about, and I actually played marbles as a kid. There were cat eyes, yes, and steelies, milkyways, ...and I can't remember any more! The clear ones might have been imperials, ugh....ancient history, yikes!

Answer 4

All I remember are cat's eye and agates but here is a site with more http://www.myantiquemall.com/AQstories/marbles/Marbles.html

Answer 5

The large one is called a Dobber

Answer 6

yeah its marbles

Answer 7

the small coloured 1s were called sixers god this takes me back a bit cant remeber what the big 1s were called though too long ago i still have mine from 35 years ago i think

Answer 8

"potteries," "plasters," "chinas," "crystals," "alleys,"

"commies" or "combos."

"Agate," "meg," "duck" or "real"

"Croton alley" or "Jasper"

"Bumbo," "bumboozer" or "bowler"

"opals," "glimmers," "bloods," "rubies,"

A 'lucky taw', is the marble used when a skilful shot was required.

Answer 9

yes

Answer 10

when we were kids we use to call them "ollies"

Answer 11

try ask.com

Answer 12

bubbles?