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[Steph]

Probably will regret not putting dates and sources LOL but for now, just the names to see how many in all I have. and I got a bunch all over the place.

generally using the singular but not worrying about to make something singular if it is an ambiguous plural, but am putting variations as I find them even if they're only different by a letter.

agate
aggie
alley, ally
alloy
blood alley
blue alley
boover
boulder
bowler
bullocker
chalk
chalkie
china
Chinee, chiney
cloud
comma
commie
common
commony
croater
crockeries
crystal
dogger (1879, a common)
duck
flint
flintie
glass agate
glassies (not always clear marbles -- often that simply meant glass, any style)
glazer
immie
jasper
jug
marble
marididdle
marvel
meg
mib
mig, migg
mivvie
moon
moonie
mountain crystal
muggy
nicker
nurdle
onyx
painted chow
pig turd
poteye
pottery
rainbo
rainbow
red sparkler (1914)
Scotch pebble
snot agate
snottie, snotty
snowflake
solitaire marble
steelie
stone
stone-glass
stoney
tar
taw
ticker
white-alley, white alley, whitealley

Edited by Steph, 05 February 2011 - 06:49 PM.

[Steph]

Well I still probably have at least a 100 more names to patch in there . . . when I'm in the right frame of mind. In the meantime, here's a cool song with marble names. :-)


All the Marbles

[Steph]

Red Sparklers:

The New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford, by George Randolph Chester, in Cosmopolitan, 1914

Appears they cost a nickel apiece at the store.