Document Type
Essay
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Date
1950
Keywords
board games, ball games, barns, school games, songs, Pennsylvania Dutch dialect
Description
In this typed essay dating from circa 1950, H. Wayne Gruber lists and describes games he played as a child: Creitz Mill, Bally Over, Town Ball, Rabbit Ball, Room Ball, horseshoes, Peg, Fox and Goose and Drop the Handkerchief.
Corresponds to:
Packet 4-114 to 4-118
Language
English and Pennsylvania German
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Recommended Citation
Gruber, H. Wayne, "Games Played by H. Wayne Gruber, 1876 to 1892" (1950). Alfred L. Shoemaker Folk Cultural Documents. 167.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/167
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Comments
A hand-drawn sketch of the board game "Creitz Mill" or "Greidz Mill" is enclosed.