Who says ya shouldn't play with knives?

T. Erdelyi

T. Erdelyi

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Who remembers playin' Mumbly Peg as a kid?

Here's a link and an excerpt of the rules by Dan Beard:

Click me for rules to play Mumbly Peg

....A Summer's day, a shady nook, a close-cropped green sod, two or three boys, and a jack-knife are the things necessary for a quiet game of Mumbly Peg [or mumbley peg, mumblety peg, mumble peg, mumble-the-peg, mumbypeg, or mumble de peg].

The first player takes the knife and goes through as much of the game as he can without a blunder. The second follows in turn, doing the same. The last one to perform all of the difficult feats is beaten, and must pull a peg, two inches long, from the ground with his teeth. The winner drives the peg with the knife-handle for a hammer, being allowed, by the rules of the game, three blows with his eyes open, and three with his eyes closed.
 
Old Post, just thought I'd bring it up for some of the newer members.

I'm too old to flame anyway.;)
 
By chance, is this the same Dan Beard who played an important role in the establishment of Boy Scouts of America in the early days?

If so, the rules about knives certainly have changed.
 
I never played games with a knife but I still have my first knife, a Parker Little Mustang with bone scales that my father gave me when I was seven. The tip is neatly chipped off from throwing it into the ground and hitting a rock. Took me years to get over that. Glad I kept it though. Broken or not it has sentimental value.
 
I used to play a very shorted version of this when I was a kid. Of course you didn't play it with dad's good knife or you got a whoopin. :)
 
Some of the moves w/ some of my knives, I'd be bleeding.

But I've always wanted to know how to play. Must have missed the first postings. Thanks.:thumbup:
 
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