Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $9.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Toys and Games
    The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Toys and Games
    The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Toys and Games
    Ebook365 pages2 hours

    The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Toys and Games

    By Linda Garland Page and Simon J. Bronner

    4/5

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Part oral history and part rule book, The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Toys and Games is a joyous collection of memories of playing indoor and outdoor games; of making dolls, homemade board games, playhouses, and other toys--each with complete instructions and the flavor of southern Appalachia. Every toy and game has been tested by the Foxfire students and is devised to make or play yourself, without major expense, complicated parts, or electricity.

    Originally published in 1985, the book includes familiar games like marbles, hopscotch, and horseshoes, as well as more obscure entertainments such as stealing the pines, crows and cranes, and thimble. Here, too, are instructions for constructing playhouses, noisemakers, puzzles, and whimmy diddles. The book also provides information on special games traditionally played on Sundays and holidays.

    For those who are tired of worn-out batteries and electronic toys and for anyone curious about the playtimes of an earlier generation, The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Toys and Games is a welcome and entertaining guide.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThe University of North Carolina Press
    Release dateJun 15, 2018
    ISBN9781469617008
    The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Toys and Games
    Author

    Simon J. Bronner

    Simon J. Bronner is Dean of the College of General Studies and distinguished professor of social sciences at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He is author or editor of over forty books on folklore, ethnology, and cultural history, including The Practice of Folklore: Essays toward a Theory of Tradition and Campus Traditions: Folklore from the Old-Time College to the Modern Mega-University, both published by University Press of Mississippi.

    Related to The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Toys and Games

    Related ebooks

    Crafts & Hobbies For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Fight Freezing Temps

      Jul 10, 2020

      Fight Freezing Temps
      9 min read

    • Article

      Verify The Vegetation

      May 10, 2024

      Verify The Vegetation
      6 min read

    • Article

      Fascination, Friendship And Desire: Kathleen Hanna On The Reign Of 'Rebel Girl'

      Aug 12, 2019

      Bikini Kill's instant anthem for the '90s riot grrrl movement found new purpose at rock camps, where young girls learn to express themselves through music. Hanna breaks it down with NPR's Ann Powers.

      11 min read

    • Article

      Scrapple: Tasty Economy

      Jul 15, 2022

      Scrapple: Tasty Economy
      5 min read

    • Article

      Wild About Wild Jelly

      May 12, 2023

      Wild About Wild Jelly
      6 min read

    • Article

      Consoling Spirits

      Aug 1, 2023

      Consoling Spirits
      4 min read

    • Article

      Flying Free

      Apr 1, 2024

      Flying Free
      4 min read

    • Article

      Paper Pusher

      Jan 16, 2023

      Paper Pusher
      2 min read

    • Article

      Youth Nonfiction

      Mar 13, 2024

      By Elisa Boxer. Mar. 2024. 176p. illus. Rowman & Littlefield, $28 (9781538175514); e-book, $26.50 (9781538175521). Gr. 7–10. 305.4. This collective biography profiles 35 influential women who represent an array of nationalities and achievements. Cove

      8 min read

    • Article

      Spotlight on Picture Books

      Mar 13, 2024

      By Sarah Mackenzie. Illus. by Eileen Ryan Ewen. Mar. 2024. 48p. Waxwing, $18.99 (9781956393040). PreS–Gr. 3. 818.5. As a child, Barbara Cooney and her family spent each summer in Maine, surrounded by the beautiful landscape and the sea. Back home in

      23 min read

    • Article

      Building Bonds

      Aug 2, 2022

      Building Bonds
      5 min read

    • Article

      Precious Memories

      Apr 25, 2023

      In the book Quilt of Souls: A Memoir (Imagine), author Phyllis Biffle Elmore weaves her family’s story back and forth through time. The story begins with 4-year-old Phyllis being abruptly taken from her home in Detroit to live with her grandmother, L

      2 min read

    • Article

      Collector’s New Book May Solve Hobby Mystery

      Oct 1, 2024

      Collectors with passion, dedication, and perseverance can sometimes solve hobby mysteries. One of those mysteries—whether the original iconic Leaf baseball set should really be a 1949 Leaf set rather than 1948 Leaf or 1948-49 Leaf—might finally be so

      1 min read

    • Article

      Youth Nonfiction

      Mar 27, 2024

      By Marc Aronson and Paul Freedman. Illus. by Toni Chambers. May 2024. 176p. Atheneum, $17.99 (9781665935500). Gr. 6–10. 394.120973. Criticizing traditional historians for considering the “first Americans” to be those who arrived from Europe as part o

      12 min read

    • Article

      Books With The Most Impact

      Dec 4, 2021

      Books With The Most Impact
      7 min read

    • Article

      What’s This Piece Of Art Worth?

      Aug 7, 2023

      We Fullers are not a family of art connoisseurs. The least so was my late father-in-law, who, ironically, landed a job at an art college. Back in the 1980s, Papa – as we called him – transitioned from a long banking career to the director of finance

      3 min read

    • Article

      All In The Cards

      Nov 25, 2019

      IN CREATIVE WRITING courses, we’re often told that quotidian topics make the best grist for the mill. We’re asked to consider the most mundane of items, the ones we step over in the houses of our memories or don’t notice because they are always there

      7 min read

    • Article

      Voices of America

      Apr 29, 2024

      Voices of America
      3 min read

    • Article

      A Kid’s Life

      Nov 1, 2020

      A Kid’s Life
      2 min read

    • Article

      My Grandfather’s Marbles

      Mar 13, 2024

      My Grandfather’s Marbles
      5 min read

    • Article

      Three Poems

      Jul 1, 2020

      The purpose of being alive is to carry a sequence of code.And so, being adopted, I’m part of a plot, a sleeper cellin enemy territory, quietly working against the systemfrom within. It’s fall, I’m on an ancestry website signing up for a DNA kit,becau

      4 min read

    • Article

      The Keeper Of Stories

      May 27, 2022

      The Keeper Of Stories
      13 min read

    • Article

      ARTS & CULTURE

      Nov 25, 2019

      Held at beautiful Garfield Park on the city’s south side, HOLLER ON THE HILL is equal parts music festival and community picnic. Families spread their blankets out on the grass and kids blow bubbles while bands jam on multiple stages nearby. Curated

      5 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Toys and Games

    4/5

    5 ratings1 review

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

    • 4/5
      This is aggod book for someone interested in old fashion toys.

    Book preview

    The Foxfire Book of Appalachian Toys and Games - Linda Garland Page

    PART ONE

    OUTSIDE

    GAMES

    Most of the homes was woodlands around, and we rambled in the woods a lot. Enjoyed nature, really. All of us mountain people did that, too. I look back over my childhood as a very happy life, and I don’t regret that I lived back then.—Ada Kelly

    The elements of the outdoors—the woods, fields, cornshucks, ivy branches, playgrounds, June bugs, moss, and hiding places—dominate the memories of those we interviewed. There were plenty of indoor games, as you can see in Part Two, but when the weather permitted—and sometimes when it didn’t—the people we talked with preferred the

    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1