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Marbles - Each person had a large marble (your "shooter") and a bunch of target marbles (all worth a variety of different scoring systems). Played in dirt (so the marbles wouldn't roll so far) a ring was drawn into the dirt (about a yard in diameter), and the targets (provided as the "bet") were dropped randomly into the middle. The first player, who was chosen by the "eenie meenie" system, would have first "crack" (the sound of two marbles hitting each other)at knocking them out of the ring. One shot per turn, keep the marbles you knock out(or the points), and take turns (more than two can play) till you've lost "your" marbles  . Reindeer - I got nothin'. I'm with you all the way "Duck - Duck - Goose" 
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Is that where we get the expression "take a crack at it"?
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our one veteran, who thinks s/he's four people - jmh,tsuwm, Jackie and AnuI am surprised that Anu would have time to do so much posting, given the number of posts I've seen by these people.Hey--are you people saying I'm a four-poster? Congrats, français & musick, on your graduations.
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...and at my daughters' school, they always sing "(like Columbus)"
I've only heard this at the school that one of my daughters is currently attending, so I only heard it about two years ago and I'm not sure how long it has been around.
The current ending (sung with more than a hint of sarcasm) is like the Spice Girls
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>Hey--are you people saying I'm a four-poster?
If you are then I'm a bedpost.
PS Managed to avoid becoming a vet, so far!
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What, Jo? not even a du-vet? Perhaps you prefer blanket coverage of the board? Or do you keep posting to bolster your confidence? (or to score more points towards veteran-hood)? Over 1100 post is very creditable, considering you started with a clean sheet! I suppose the friendship engendered by this board is a help - we are a set of very pally asses. 
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Marbles: can't help you; never played, although I am aware that various games can be played. I am surprised that the Yooper version doesn't involve beer, though. Duck, duck: I've only heard it as Duck, duck, goose. Rudolph: I've never heard the supplemental lyrics version of the song. Around here, kids sing the alternate cowboy version: Irving the shiny-gunned cowboy Had a very shiny gun And if you ever saw it, You would turn around and run. All of the other cowboys Used to laugh and call him names They never let poor Irving Join in any poker games. Then one foggy Christmas Eve, The sheriff came to say, Irving with your gun so bright Won't you kill my wife tonight? Then all the cowboys loved him, And they shouted out with glee, Irving, the shiny-gunned cowboy, You'll go down in history.
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Marbles
Musick, you've described marbles the way I used to play it back in prehistoric times. Now, are you old enough to remember mumbledy-peg?
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I've finally gotten a chance to modify my original post to include the full Oregon version of the extended Rudolph lyrics...
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'Round here Santa doesn't "ho,ho,ho" in that song (I hate it I hate it I hate it) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. No, around here, Santa is "In his underware!"
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