Playing Cheggies
and Marbles
Hugh is 44 years old and tells
us about a game played when aged 5-12. My school break times: I used to
eat cold toast, tell jokes, gamble, swop football cards and play cheggies
(conkers).
My favourite school playground
game: My favourite playground game was Marbles (booles). How to play: How
do you or did you play it? What are the rules? You had to flick a marble
with your finger. The aim of the game was to hit other marbles. If you
won you took everybody s marbles. It is played competitively, indoors by
between 2 and 6 players - boys, aged from 5 years to 9 years.
What you need: Marbles, small
glass balls with different colours inside
Special game location, surface
or design: You need a flat surface to play on.
There were no special songs
or rhymes. (Robert Canavan, 10 years old)
Holy Cross
Primary School, Croy, Glasgow, Scotland
Teacher: Mrs. Fitzgerald
By way of Marie Leucci
<[email protected]>
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