Odd Old Games – Mumblety Peg
free image from Clip Art Pictures of an opened pocket knife
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I was just thinking about old and odd games people would play. This one came to mind for some reason.
Mumblety Peg. This is a game using pocket knives. It is played outside so you can throw the knife to stick in the ground. There are different tricks in throwing it, and other rules I think.
I’d say boys played it, as I doubt girls would even want to. It’s kind of dangerous as you might get stuck.
Anyway, I remember my Dad and Gran-dad playing it a lot of times. Looked like they were having fun.
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My grand-son’s Cub Scout belt with badges from long ago. Shows a pocket knife partially open (among other ones)
I don’t know if he learned to play this knife game or not.
Evidently though, boy scouts were playing this game many years ago too, as this little old picture shows a group of them doing so.
Mumblety-peg (also known as mumbley-peg, mumbly-peg,[1] mumblepeg, mumble-the-peg, mumbledepeg or mumble-de-peg) is an old outdoor game played using pocketknives.[2] The term “mumblety-peg” came from the practice of putting a peg of about 2 to 3 in (5 to 8 cm) into the ground. The loser of the game had to take it out with his teeth.
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I doubt the rules to play Mumblety Peg was in this handbook.
Here’s my Dad’s well-worn Boy Scout Handbook.
(Dark blue with picture of a boy facing left, in a hat and red kerchief)
The title: Handbook For Boys
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My dad’s Boy Scout Handbook (he’d signed it with the date inside 1937)
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