Four word story...

[muggle not]

reminds me of mine

 

 

Edited June 1, 2024 by muggle not

[poppy]

especially the peewees and 

 

16 minutes ago, muggle not said:

reminds me of mine

I thought of you immediately 🥰

[poppy]

21 minutes ago, muggle not said:

reminds me of mine

 

 

 

They're beautiful, Muggle. What did you call all the different ones? I remember steelies( old ball bearings), peewees, cateyes, I thought we called the really big ones  bulleyes, but not sure and were the white and coloured ones milkies?

[muggle not]

55 minutes ago, poppy said:

especially the peewees and 

 

I thought of you immediately 🥰

music by Kentucky Headhunters 

 

the cheaper clay marbles were called "commies" and today are sometimes called the "old timey" marbles. I didn't like it when I would win a commie. The glass marbles were more prized in my day.

(this is a must listen  )

 

 

 

Edited June 2, 2024 by muggle not

[itsmeagain]

15 hours ago, muggle not said:

reminds me of mine

 

 

said a bloke with

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a huge marble bag 

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of red, blue, ochre

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and rainbow hued delights

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all bouncing below this

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beautiful large marble bag

 

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full of cheese toasties

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that tasted like they

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were dipped in chilli 🌶 

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and lashings of Grandma's

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recently homemade dandelion wine

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then tea and biscuits 

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to help sober up

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Guimaraes before he becomes

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all droopy and saggy

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on his marital bed....

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abandoned by his bride

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and roaming the streets

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all night looking for

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beans, cats, tins of

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English Breakfast Tea and