Steph Posted May 31, 2009 Report Share Posted May 31, 2009 (edited) 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 February 5, 2011 by Steph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted August 9, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2009 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted May 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2010 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carex Posted July 15, 2012 Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Do you have names for sizes as well, beyond peewee and shooter. In elementary school your standard marble size was one point, what is commonly called a shooter was a 2 point, then there were 5 point and 10 point marbles. It you shot a five point or a ten point it was worth that many marbles in the pot. We played potsies and not the standard ring shooting game. Any thing bigger than a 10 point was impractical to use to you gave to your mother for her flower pot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steph Posted July 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Well, there's boulder for the really big ones. Offhand I can't think of anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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