Nostalgia Fill - North Americas
anonymous
April 20 2009, 14:09:33 UTC
Bit of homesickness lately has me a-hankering for the old, traditional games we used to play at camp and cider festivals and the like. SO! I would love to read a fluffy and/or nostalgic bit about young, colonial America and Canada playing some traditional games. Leapfrog, or shooting marbles, or hoops, or walking on homemade stilts, whatever. England, of course, can be present for it!
Bonus if they play a traditional Native game (bewildering England perhaps?)!
Waltes-ing Wolf
anonymous
April 25 2009, 18:31:05 UTC
What’s that muse? You’re holding my mind hostage until this is written? What about my essay about Galileo and Newton’s contributions to western society? This is more interesting? Anyone want to trade muses? I do believe mine is about to become homeless otherwise. Anyway, here's the first part. There is more to come, and I'll include informative links at the end. For now, the game they're playing is a Mi'kmaq (a Native American tribe that stretched from North Eastern America into Eastern Canada) dice game called Waltes
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Re: Waltes-ing Wolf [2/?]
anonymous
April 25 2009, 18:58:52 UTC
England sighed and pushed himself away from the table as he heard yet another thump. “What in the world are those kids up to?” He grumbled, standing and stretching before making his way towards Canada’s room. He stood outside the door, listening for a moment to the two inside. It was odd how quiet they were. Yes, there was that thumping that had originally pulled him away from his work, but there was no laughing, no endless chatter. Just a thump and then a word or two in a language England didn’t understand. Furrowing his prominent brows, England opened the door, carefully taking in the sight of America and Canada sitting cross-legged on the floor. There was a bowl with flat dice in between them, each of the boys had a small pile of sticks, and there was a rather large pile of sticks off to the side, a few looking different from the others. The two boys kept playing, not noticing the intruder, and England watched as America carefully raised the bowl and brought it down on the floor, causing the thump that England had been hearing. The
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Re: Waltes-ing Wolf [2/?]
anonymous
April 26 2009, 02:23:12 UTC
OP here! *squeezes and squees* Oh, this was awesome! (Sorry Newton...) I especially loved their counting in the Native tongue, and England being so pissed about it.
(And now, I have this mental image of Canada and America curled up in bed together, whispering to each other in their Native languages so that they can remember them without getting in trouble with England. *sweatdrops*)
I'm not picky about games. Hoops would be fun, or shuttlecock, or stilts, or another Native game, but really, it's up to you! Nothing I 'have to see'; I'm just enjoying the twins having some old-fashioned (literally) fun. ♥
Re: Waltes-ing Wolf [2/?]
anonymous
April 26 2009, 03:51:24 UTC
author!anon has the same image of Canada and America secretly keeping their Native languages alive. Alas, they didn't succeed :(
I'm not too sure what you mean by hoops or shuttlecock. Would you mind explaining? If not, that's fine, I do have plenty of other ideas (including one or two other Native games) ♥
For the record, I'm having way more fun writing this than I should, and poor Newton and Galileo are suffering XD
Re: Waltes-ing Wolf [2/?]
anonymous
April 26 2009, 07:17:04 UTC
Poor boys. :( At least they managed to keep a few words and place names.
Here's some colonial games. Hoops is pretty much what it sounds like - they'd use stuff like barrel rims and long sticks, and then either use the sticks to roll them (like in a race) or toss them back and forth (though the ones tossed were usually smaller). Actually, there's a Native game kinda like that, but the boys would try to throw the sticks (or arrows or darts) though the hoop as it rolled for points (http://www.nativetech.org/games/hoop&pole.html... )
Re: Waltes-ing Wolf [2/?]
anonymous
April 26 2009, 10:07:48 UTC
Thanks so much :)
nativetech.org has been a big help in my research for the fic. It's very interesting ^_^ And I was debating about using pick-up-sticks for when Canada and America were inside, but I wasn't all too confident that I could describe it well enough haha (I have to admit, this fic is kind of turning into a "Let's practice descriptions!" since I'm usually more dialogue heavy).
Re: Waltes-ing Wolf [3/?]
anonymous
April 29 2009, 01:43:37 UTC
England entered his study, giving his desk a glare as if it was its fault that he was stuck inside on a beautiful spring day. “Bloody government members giving me this much work. Don’t they know how rare it is for it to be so nice so early in New England?” He grumbled, glancing out the window where he saw one blond head. One? Quickly striding over to the window, England made eye contact with America-no, wait, there was a curl coming out of the blond’s head, not sticking straight up-England made eye contact with Canada, one eyebrow raised, silently asking where the other boy was. Canada gave a timid smile and gestured towards the side of the house just as America came into view, a bunch of toys in his hand. “That’s right. He hid his toys during the cleaning last fall because ‘They were too awesome’ for me to touch,” He said with a sigh, giving the boys a small wave before returning to his work
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Re: Waltes-ing Wolf [3/?]
anonymous
April 29 2009, 01:49:27 UTC
Oh yeah. Author!anon is actually from the Mid-Atlantic, not New England. I'm sorry if England's comment is off, but I'm used to the first spring-like day coming in late April, not early spring which is when the fic is set in my mind.
Re: Waltes-ing Wolf [4/?]
anonymous
April 29 2009, 02:30:39 UTC
Meanwhile, outside, the boys had been trying to decide what to play when America suddenly remembered where he had hidden his toys, pushed Canada in front of the window and said “Pretend I’m here for a minute,” and ran off. Canada huffed and turned towards the window to see if England had come back to the study and sure enough, their brother was standing in the window, silently asking where the other one was. Canada gave him a smile, fervently hoping that the older Nation wouldn’t get upset, and gestured towards the side of the house where America was just coming back into view, a whole bundle of toys in his arms
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Waltes-ing Wolf [5/?]
anonymous
May 1 2009, 22:00:13 UTC
Author!anon apologizes for the wait, but has been busy with finals and what-not. Enjoy this installment which explains the second half of the title ♥ America and Canada had quickly grown tired of leapfrog, and when England finally joined them outside later, he found that they were running around the yard. He watched as Canada ran after America, but instead of gaining ground on his brother, he kept falling further and further behind. America turned around to laugh at his brother, exclaiming “You’ll never catch me, wolf!”, all the while still running and not paying attention to where he was going. England saw that the boy’s path was leading towards a direct collision and tried to move out of the way, but he was too slow and the boy plowed into him
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Bonus if they play a traditional Native game (bewildering England perhaps?)!
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Anyway, here's the first part. There is more to come, and I'll include informative links at the end. For now, the game they're playing is a Mi'kmaq (a Native American tribe that stretched from North Eastern America into Eastern Canada) dice game called Waltes ( ... )
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(And now, I have this mental image of Canada and America curled up in bed together, whispering to each other in their Native languages so that they can remember them without getting in trouble with England. *sweatdrops*)
I'm not picky about games. Hoops would be fun, or shuttlecock, or stilts, or another Native game, but really, it's up to you! Nothing I 'have to see'; I'm just enjoying the twins having some old-fashioned (literally) fun. ♥
Thank you so much for writing this!
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I'm not too sure what you mean by hoops or shuttlecock. Would you mind explaining? If not, that's fine, I do have plenty of other ideas (including one or two other Native games) ♥
For the record, I'm having way more fun writing this than I should, and poor Newton and Galileo are suffering XD
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Here's some colonial games. Hoops is pretty much what it sounds like - they'd use stuff like barrel rims and long sticks, and then either use the sticks to roll them (like in a race) or toss them back and forth (though the ones tossed were usually smaller). Actually, there's a Native game kinda like that, but the boys would try to throw the sticks (or arrows or darts) though the hoop as it rolled for points (http://www.nativetech.org/games/hoop&pole.html... )
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nativetech.org has been a big help in my research for the fic. It's very interesting ^_^ And I was debating about using pick-up-sticks for when Canada and America were inside, but I wasn't all too confident that I could describe it well enough haha (I have to admit, this fic is kind of turning into a "Let's practice descriptions!" since I'm usually more dialogue heavy).
More should be up in a day or two ♥
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