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tor
a marker used in hopscotch. Usually about twice the size of a 50 cent piece but much thicker.The best tors were made of smooth bits of marble and everyone envied the kid who had their own tor, rather than just a flat rock picked up off the side of the road just before the game started: Do you wanna swap tors? Also, taw.
Contributor's comments: I went to primary school in Newport (3015) in the 50s and 60s and ... Big marbles were called tombolas and favourites were taws.
Contributor's comments: Alleys was the game in Orbost, but the tor/taw was your favourite/special marble. Often this was a bot - the spherical glass bead used to seal early soft drink bottles.
Contributor's comments: At primary school in Launceston in the 1950's, we used "tor" for a hopscotch marker, or for the marble you used as a striker. There were other special marbles -- a "tombola" was a big marble, twice the diameter of the usual "agates" or "aggies". Both were made of clear glass with coloured glass swirling patterns inside them. We had a few "bottlies", which were quite precious -- my Mum said they came from soft-drink bottles when they were kids in the 30's. Then there were the ball-bearings, which you could only play by agreement, since they tended to smash the rest...
Contributor's comments: I went to school in Melbourne in the 60's and tor/taw was used as the marker used in hopscotch. Usually a flat rock. It had to be heavy enough not to bounce. Teaching children 'old fashioned games' this year brought back lots of memories for a number of staff. Not one called a marble a taw.
Contributor's comments: I grew up at Ballina in the 60s and 70s and we used a taw as a marker in hopscotch.