Have you lost your marbles?

Yes, I remember playing marbles too. I actually played jacks more though. Gosh that was so long ago.

Haha, I just noticed this discussion was started one year ago! But, oh well, anyway, I have a small collection of marbles from when I was a child. They are such a treasure to me. I found them when my dad was digging under the house to make a basement. I would look through the piles of dirt in the yard and I found marbles! I remember being so excited when I would find one. I'm not sure if they ALL came from the yard, but I've had them since I was very little. I keep them in a little basket in my bedroom and I like to take them out and look at them sometimes. They are very old. I'm wondering if since they were under the house, if they were there before the house was built...which would have been like 100 years ago!

I remember playing marbles everyday when I was a kid. I had my favorites that I refused to play for fear of losing them. My kids played marbles too. I don't see my grandkids playing them. I guess I will have to go buy a sack or two and engage them in a game when they come to visit us. Great discussion! Huggers to you.

we did. You had your favorite ones. Those were the ones you tried really hard not to loose. We used to save them in a sock in a drawer or whatever we had to put them in. I dont have them now. Wish we had saved some of those things.

We still pitch marbles. I have the set that I used as a kid. We used to trade marbles with other kids to get the ones that we liked best. I have several peewees and many cats eye marbles as well. Our daughters played with our marbles when they were smaller also. People in our area still pitch marbles for fun.