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2006
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Colonial North Carolina's scattered rural population played games that were individualized or for small groups; among these were marbles, dolls, whittling, leapfrog, cards, hide-and-seek, and hopscotch.
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7889
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Sugar Hill, a suburb of Fallston, is known for its annual Easter egg fight. Participants bring anywhere from 6 dozen hard-boiled eggs to 125 dozen, sometimes more. A fight commences when one person taps his or her egg against another person's egg. When one end of an egg is cracked, it is turned over, and another attack begins. A winner is declared when both ends of a competitor's egg are cracked. The winner keeps the loser's egg and both of them move on to the next fight.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 54 Issue 12, May 1987, p10-11,52, il
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16371
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Children's games, like other types of folklore, are modified through time; yet the cultural motivating factors behind these games remain the same. Various forms of the popular game tag have been played in our culture because the concept of capture and pursuit has been an important. But the circumstances under which these games are played change with each successive generation. In this way it also reflects the changing aspects of society.
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16517
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West presents a list of folk rhymes, chants, and games handed down to him from his own grandfather, a native western North Carolinian.
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24399
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Don Clayton is a Fayetteville insurance salesman who has opened multiple putt-putt miniature golf courses and increased business by including coin-operated game rooms in the facilities. Game rooms have increased the popularity of putt-putt courses.
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29053
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The Quarter Horse Bar & Arcade is a new Durham bar opening in the basement space of the Merge Records building. Its three co-owners combined their hobbies and expertise in business, carpentry, gaming and software development to create the new concept bar. Quarter Horse will feature a mix of games, music, and beverages in a rustic-techno atmosphere.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 21, June 2017, p16-17, por Periodical Website
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32681
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It’s a whole lot different from the game that the kids play and the old gentlemen of Franklinton have been enjoying it for a long time. Every Saturday in the road in front of the old hotel in Franklinton a group of retired men continue their 30 year old game of marbles. Unlike the version that the younger folks play, this game follows older rules and uses marbles that are not soled anymore, which are slightly smaller than billiard balls.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 14 Issue 29, Dec 1946, p3-4, il
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34867
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Black Ops Paintball, Fayetteville’s largest paintball park, opened in 2012. The park’s creator, Nate Gienger, served with the 82nd Airborne Division prior to his medical retirement. Many of the people Gienger has served with have developed health problems and poor lifestyles following an end to their service. Having been an avid paintballer in his youth, Gienger wanted to create a park that would encourage people to get outside and active. The 55 acre park hosts a number of events and caters to local businesses and individuals.
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CityView (NoCar F 264.T3 W4), Vol. Issue , May/June 2016, p38-44, il, por Periodical Website
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35076
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The author describes how to play the two types of Morris games, and relates how the game of Fox and Geese can be played on a Morris board. Diagrams of the Morris boards are given.
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35078
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The author names off several games of his childhood, and describes one in detail.
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35472
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Known by several different names, a game is described that was played by young boys.
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35494
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The Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina is the largest folklore collection in the United States; included within the article is several of its unpublished works, including games, sayings, and legends.
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35584
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Collected from her own childhood and from the memory of another woman, the author records the rhymes that children would sing when playing jump rope.
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35589
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Between a group of 4th graders and her, the author collected various types of children’s games, categorized as physical games, guessing games, and hopping games.
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35594
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Several games are recorded that the author played when he was young; they typically had to do with dangerous stunts or angering adults.
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