Comments on: Beads

By: Sandra Allison(nee Glenn)

Sandra Allison(nee Glenn) — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:34:10 +0000

I remember them as buck beads also. I got one stuck down the my ear canal and Margaret Castello(sp) took it out with a hair pin.

By: rvewong

rvewong — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:56:21 +0000

Now that you mention it Buck Beads seems right. I remember that quartz also for those that lived up “on the hill”.

By: Andrew Thomas

Andrew Thomas — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:29:45 +0000

My group of friends used to call these
“buck-beads”… no idea why….. and one of the main trails
joining a few of our houses through the bush was ‘buck-bead trail” for obvious reasons.
They were treasured just like our fire-tatooed spears
and chunks of quartz dug out of the gravel road.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:52:06 +0000

I remember these. We used to rub them on the ground to make them hot and then see if you could attract someone’s attention with them. I don’t remember what we called them though.

By: Margot Roza

Margot Roza — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:07:31 +0000

I remember having necklaces made from those beads.