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n(on Good Friday)
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nToday isn’t World MarblesnDay because it is March 25. Today is World Marbles Day because it isn“Good Friday,” the Friday before Easter.
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nAnd on Good Friday, forncenturies, the British and World Marbles Championship has been heldnin Tinsley Green, a little town near London.
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nI don’t think thatnmarbles has much to do with Easter, but back in Elizabethan England,na legend states that two men trying for a Tinsley Green “milknmaiden” competed with one another in “all known sports.” Fornsome reason, the “sport” of marbles became the final and decidingncontest. n
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That marbles tournamentnwas held on Good Friday in 1588. By the 1700s, a yearly Good Fridaynmarbles tournament was being held in Tinsley Green. Around 1900, thenGood Friday tournament was abandoned, but in 1932 the old traditionnwas dusted off and brought back. n
That marbles tournamentnwas held on Good Friday in 1588. By the 1700s, a yearly Good Fridaynmarbles tournament was being held in Tinsley Green. Around 1900, thenGood Friday tournament was abandoned, but in 1932 the old traditionnwas dusted off and brought back. nn
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nDo you know how to playnmarbles? This particular tournament is the game called Ring Taw ornRinger: There are 49 target marbles inside a ring, and players on twonteams take turns trying to knock marbles out of the ring using largern“shooter” marbles. There are several rules that cannot be broken,nof course, but the main idea is that the first team to knock 25nmarbles out of the ring wins the game!
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nAccording to Wikipedia,nfor decades British teams won the tournament. In 1992 a team from thenUnited States became the first overseas team to win. British teamsnwon throughout the rest of the 1990s, but in 2000 another U.S. teamnwon. Since then the tournament has been won by German teams 9 out ofnfifteen times!
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nCelebrate World MarblenDay!
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- Learn to play marbles, or brush up on your marblenshooting skills.
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- You might also want tonfind out how marbles are made.
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nFeministnactivist / journalist Gloria Steinem’s birthday
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nAnniversarynof the cancellation of ThenMonkees
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nIndependencenDay in Greece
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nInternationalnWaffle Day (Vaffeldagen)
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nManateenAppreciation Day
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