Growing up we played stretch and chew the peg all day long then hit the farmers field to carve up some cucumbers and sweet potatoes to hold us over until dinner.
“Growing up we played stretch and chew the peg all day long then hit the farmers field to carve up some cucumbers and sweet potatoes to hold us over until dinner.”
Stretch... you’ve pushed an old memory button. First, I’m old (72) and grew up in rural Texas in my Grandfathers farm. Anyway, back in those days virtually every boy carried a pocket knife. And, the game Stretch was often played during school recess. Well, one day the teacher watching recess observed another boy and I playing Stretch. Guess she was bored or something but she came over to us and asked if we were playing stretch. We said we were. Then she asked if we were playing for anything. We said marbles. So, she then proceeded to take our marble bags away from us as playing “Keepers” with marbles was gambling and against the rules. Got our marble sacks back at end of day with admonishment not to gamble anymore. I’ve got a chuckle reminiscing about this incident over the years and how times have changed. Back then, the concern was gambling. Today, the concern would be having a deadly weapon at school, would be expelled for a week, parents meeting, counseling, etc, etc.