In the Collectable/Collectible thread of Wordplay & Fun, the discussion turned to marbles. I was just having a conversation with someone who grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and he insists that marbles are played nothing like what of troy described... Marbles to UPers are apparently a small-scale version of golf. A "pot" is hollowed out in the middle of the playing field, and some sort of complex scoring system ensues that I'm not exactly clear on. Since I was not a marble-player as a child, I'm not fully apprised on the differences.

BUT... I am aware of a definite regional difference in The Way Things Are Done. In the "Extended Dance Mix" (if you will) of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer... you know, where extra words are added into the lyrics, i.e.:
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Reindeer)
Had a very shiny nose (Like a light bulb)
And if you ever saw it (Saw it)
You would even say it glows (Like a light bulb)
All of the other reindeer (Reindeer)
Used to laugh and call him names (Like Dumbo)
They never let poor Rudolph (Rudolph)
Join in any reindeer games (Like football)
Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say (Ho, ho, ho)
"Rudolph with your nose so bright,
Won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"
Then all the reindeer loved him (Loved him)
And they shouted out with glee (Yippee!)
"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Reindeer)
You'll go down in history!" (Like Lincoln)
There appear to be definite regional distinctions in the way the "expanded lyrics" are defined.

Last but not least, as a child I played a game called "Duck, Duck, Goose" in which one person walked around a circle of seated players, tapping each one on the head in passing and assigning them the identity of "Duck" or "Goose". If you were a duck, no problem. If you were the goose, however, you had to scramble up and tag the person who tapped you before they were able to run around the circle and assume your spot. Well, apparently in Minnesota, the recognized convention is "Duck, Duck, Grey Duck". Why? Don't ask me, I just live here.