What do you call the kind of matches you can strike anywhere? [Not asked in early Questionnaires; not included in all of the later Questionnaires]
| KITCHEN MATCHES | 333 |
| MATCHES | 87 |
| SULFUR MATCHES | 49 |
| FARMER MATCHES | 42 |
| WOODEN MATCHES | 41 |
| SAFETY MATCHES | 40 |
| BARN BURNERS | 27 |
| STICK MATCHES | 22 |
| FARMER’S MATCHES | 17 |
| HOUSEHOLD MATCHES | 11 |
| PARLOR MATCHES | 11 |
| WOOD MATCHES | 10 |
| BOX MATCHES | 9 |
| DIAMOND MATCHES | 8 |
| BRIMSTONE MATCHES | 6 |
| LUCIFERS | 6 |
| SAFETY | 6 |
| HOUSE MATCHES | 5 |
| STRIKE-ANYWHERE MATCHES | 5 |
| FRICTION MATCHES | 4 |
| REGULAR MATCHES | 4 |
| SULFUR | 4 |
| BARN MATCHES | 3 |
| BIRDSEYE MATCHES | 3 |
| BLUE TIPS | 3 |
| CORDWOOD MATCHES | 3 |
| COUNTRY MATCHES | 3 |
| GOFER MATCHES | 3 |
| POCKET MATCHES | 3 |
| STORE MATCHES | 3 |
| BRIMSTONE | 2 |
| CHINA MATCHES | 2 |
| COWBOY MATCHES | 2 |
| EIGHT-DAY MATCHES | 2 |
| FARM MATCHES | 2 |
| MARRIED MAN’S MATCHES | 2 |
| PLANTATION MATCHES | 2 |
| STOVE MATCHES | 2 |
| STRIKE MATCHES | 2 |
| BARN LIGHTERS | 1 |
| BIG MATCHES | 1 |
| BILL RHOTON MATCHES | 1 |
| BIRDSEYE | 1 |
| BOOK MATCHES | 1 |
| BRIMSTONERS | 1 |
| CARD MATCHES | 1 |
| CERILLOS | 1 |
| COMMON MATCH | 1 |
| CORDWOOD | 1 |
| COUNTRY BOY MATCHES | 1 |
| DOMINO | 1 |
| ENVELOPE | 1 |
| EVERREADY | 1 |
| FIRE STICKS | 1 |
| FLINT MATCHES | 1 |
| HARD MATCHES | 1 |
| HARD-HEADED MATCHES | 1 |
| HARD-ROCK | 1 |
| HEADLIGHTS | 1 |
| HE-MATCHES | 1 |
| HOMESTEAD MATCHES | 1 |
| LONG MATCHES | 1 |
| LONG WOODEN MATCHES | 1 |
| LUMBERJACK MATCHES | 1 |
| MATCHSTICKS | 1 |
| MURDER MATCHES | 1 |
| NICKEL BOXES | 1 |
| NR | 1 |
| OHIO BLUE TIPS | 1 |
| OHIO MATCHES | 1 |
| OLD COUNTRY MATCHES | 1 |
| OLD SULFUR MATCHES | 1 |
| OLD-FASHIONED MATCHES | 1 |
| OLD-TIMEY MATCHES | 1 |
| ONE-WAY MATCHES | 1 |
| ORDINARY MATCHES | 1 |
| PENNY MATCHES | 1 |
| PHOSPHORESCENT | 1 |
| PIN MATCHES | 1 |
| PIPE MATCHES | 1 |
| PORTLAND MATCHES | 1 |
| RAT BURNERS | 1 |
| RAT MATCHES | 1 |
| SEARCHLIGHT MATCHES | 1 |
| SELF-LIGHTING | 1 |
| SEVEN-DAY MATCHES | 1 |
| SHACK MATCHES | 1 |
| SNAP MATCHES | 1 |
| STINKER MATCHES | 1 |
| STRAIGHT MATCHES | 1 |
| STRIKE-ANYWAY MATCHES | 1 |
| STRIKIN’ MATCHES | 1 |
| STRIKING MATCHES | 1 |
| SWEDE MATCHES | 1 |
| THREE-TORCH | 1 |
| TIMBER MATCHES | 1 |
| TORCH MATCHES | 1 |
| WOODEN SULFUR MATCHES | 1 |
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