I played that interesting game as a child, against a much older barber in Alexanderhausen, who claimed that I was the only one who could occasionally beat him. Other games we had were dominoes, chess, checkers, Mensch-ärgere-dich-nicht, and many card games that had schwowische names (like Kragle, Enunzwanzich, Schwarzer Peter, etc.). In my time, the men played for kernels of corn ("Kukruzkere"), but I understand that some serious money was used in earlier times, in unending games at the"Wirtshaus" (~tavern). Nick Tullius -----Original Message----- From: donauschwaben-villages-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:donauschwaben-villages-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Darlene Dimitrie via Sent: 18-Sep-14 13:31 To: Donauschwaben-Villages@rootsweb.com Subject: [DVHH] Games played by our ancestors My sister and I were just thinking about a game my grandmother taught us when we were small. On a piece of cardboard, she would draw a game board with lines and 3 landing spots on each of the 4 sides and and then 2 more of these rectangles inside each other. We used buttons for play pieces. We called it "Figmill" -- maybe "Figmuehle" in German, I'm not sure. In later years we would draw it on the "holiday" tablecloth at big family get-togethers. Don't panic, the tablecloth was paper and white, not festive! My grandma had the best collection of buttons - she was so organized that she strung all the matching buttons on strings. All of us cousins firmly believed (assumed) that my grandmother invented this game. It wasn't until far into adulthood that we realized that this game had existed for centuries and was also known as Nine Men's Morris. We still haven't gotten over the shock and disappointment. Now, my mother tells me about another game the kids used to play while they were at the pasture, taking their cows to graze and were killing time waiting for them. It involved a stick and the loser removing clothes ... but enough said about that one. She claims that she didn't participate, just watched the others. Anybody know of any other games played by our ancestors? I was sure there was a page somewhere on one of the websites about it, but couldn't find it. -- Darlene http://www.dvhh.org/membership/associates.htm#D http://home.cogeco.ca/~lindarlene/Index.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Funny how some games are ''almost universal''. In Alsace and Lorraine (Lothringen), my grandparents and we kids as well, used to play Mensch-ärger-dich-nicht and Schwarzer-Peter. Tina Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nick Tullius via" <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> To: <donauschwaben-villages@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2014 1:30 PM Subject: Re: [DVHH] Games played by our ancestors I played that interesting game as a child, against a much older barber in Alexanderhausen, who claimed that I was the only one who could occasionally beat him. Other games we had were dominoes, chess, checkers, Mensch-ärgere-dich-nicht, and many card games that had schwowische names (like Kragle, Enunzwanzich, Schwarzer Peter, etc.). In my time, the men played for kernels of corn ("Kukruzkere"), but I understand that some serious money was used in earlier times, in unending games at the"Wirtshaus" (~tavern). Nick Tullius -----Original Message----- From: donauschwaben-villages-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:donauschwaben-villages-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Darlene Dimitrie via Sent: 18-Sep-14 13:31 To: Donauschwaben-Villages@rootsweb.com Subject: [DVHH] Games played by our ancestors My sister and I were just thinking about a game my grandmother taught us when we were small. On a piece of cardboard, she would draw a game board with lines and 3 landing spots on each of the 4 sides and and then 2 more of these rectangles inside each other. We used buttons for play pieces. We called it "Figmill" -- maybe "Figmuehle" in German, I'm not sure. In later years we would draw it on the "holiday" tablecloth at big family get-togethers. Don't panic, the tablecloth was paper and white, not festive! My grandma had the best collection of buttons - she was so organized that she strung all the matching buttons on strings. All of us cousins firmly believed (assumed) that my grandmother invented this game. It wasn't until far into adulthood that we realized that this game had existed for centuries and was also known as Nine Men's Morris. We still haven't gotten over the shock and disappointment. Now, my mother tells me about another game the kids used to play while they were at the pasture, taking their cows to graze and were killing time waiting for them. It involved a stick and the loser removing clothes ... but enough said about that one. She claims that she didn't participate, just watched the others. Anybody know of any other games played by our ancestors? I was sure there was a page somewhere on one of the websites about it, but couldn't find it. -- Darlene http://www.dvhh.org/membership/associates.htm#D http://home.cogeco.ca/~lindarlene/Index.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DONAUSCHWABEN-VILLAGES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- Aucun virus trouvé dans ce message. Analyse effectuée par AVG - www.avg.fr Version: 2013.0.3485 / Base de données virale: 4015/8243 - Date: 19/09/2014