Talk:Marble (toy)
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Lost Marbles
I deleted this
- Lose your marbles. In Celtic tradition men and women wore real marble around their necks or on their clothing as a sign of love and connection. These marbles were swallowed and passed through their intestines beforehand. In recent times men and women continued this tradition with the glass marble where they would drill a hole in them and string them around their neck after the marble passed through their bodies. If someone misplaced their marble, they would be in a craze like frenzy trying to find it. People who saw this crazed frenzy would say "They have lost their marbles".
Because it's a clear lie. And stupidly worded. A "craze like frenzy"? What the f? Anyway, it would be good to get a cited source. Dabizi (talk) 19:14, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
History
I'm pretty sure Prince Charles does not advocate wrapping infants in plastic and playing "marbles" with them. Could we have a source please?
Unsubstantiated Material
All this stuff about the history and invention of the game needs refs. Its hard to believe as it is.--Light current 04:36, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
move from art:
The game "marbles" was originated by Lee Sefton, of Hatch End, UK. She discovered the possibility of knocking marbles into each other whilst on a trip to the senegetti where she apparently saw Lions playing the game in an apparition. Really?--Light current 04:41, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Marbles
What is up with the random person that said that marbles came from horses testies? He must have SERIOUS 'Problems"! Can't edit it though.
Game play
Needs some major subcategorizing. Perhaps into geopraphical regions or even better into types of games (eg games name), since many games were probably played in one region, with some overlap between regions. Sources would be nice, but probably a lot of this information (like my entry) comes from personal experience. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 156.34.216.102 (talk) 02:37, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
Removed material
I noticed in the history that another editor removed this. It's not ready for prime time, but it deserves more consideration than just reverting it:
- (SKITENS), a game played with 2 or more payers. A hole is made in the ground, about 8cm in diameter, Then a line is put down about 4 or 5 meters away you. your enemy trow your marbles at the hole the person that is closest to the hole goes first you must shoot into the hole then you can start shooting at your enemy if you hit their marble you can keep it.
Should be short work for anyone familiar with that game.
--Jerzy•t 04:08, 10 July 2008 (UTC)
Philippines
User 203.189.11.2 wrote the section on gameplay in the Philippines. However, this user has quite a heavy history of vandalism, see User talk:203.189.11.2. I have no idea if there is any truth in this section, or if it is an imaginative form of vandalism. So, anybody who cares about this article (I don't), please check. Lova Falk (talk) 16:00, 11 August 2008 (UTC)
Popularity
As a kid I plainly remember these being popular (Canada), yet as I grew out of them, they were seemingly replaced by pogs and I do not recall the younger kids using them. This may be of use for the article if it can be referenced.