Spray Plantation, Near the St. Mary's River, Maryland, l661 The Spray family has little time for games and amusements but they find some time to relax.
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Spray Plantation, Near the St. Mary's River, Maryland, l661 The Spray family has little time for games and amusements but they find some time to relax.
The "men" in this game are sliced dry corncobs.
Catch the ball in the cup!
People can play a ring-toss game called quoits or toss "birds" though the hoop while they wait for water to boil.
Quoits
Corncobs with feathers to toss through hoop tied to the small tree near the house at left.
Deck of cards
<BACK Sue Freienmuth for Montgomery County Public Schools, MD, Oct. 25, 2000
