>> I made a memory mistake the first time I sent this around. Christy >> has corrected me an the correct words were 'A sailor went to...." >> Not a boyfriend". My mind is failing me. Haha >> Here it is again, corrected for anyone that would like to note this. >>> Clapping Game: Every word typed in large caps is to be acted out as >>> explained. >>> >>> A Sailor went to SEA, SEA, SEA >>> To SEE what he could SEE, SEE, SEE >>> But all that he could SEE, SEE, SEE >>> Was the bottom of the deep blue SEA, SEA, SEA. >>> >>> A Sailor went to CHOP, CHOP. CHOP. >>> To SEE what he could CHOP, CHOP, CHOP >>> But all that he could CHOP, CHOP, CHOP, >>> Was the bottom of the deep blue CHOP, CHOP, CHOP. >>> >>> A sailor went to KNEE, KNEE, KNEE, >>> To SEE what he could KNEE, KNEE, KNEE, >>> But all that he could KNEE, KNEE, KNEE, >>> Was the bottom of the deep blue KNEE, KNEE, KNEE. >>> >>> A Sailor went to BANG, BANG,BANG, >>> To SEE what he could BANG, BANG,BANG, >>> But all that he could BANG, BANG,BANG, >>> Was the bottom of the deep blue BANG, BANG,BANG. >>> >>> A sailor went to SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG, >>> To SEE what he could SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG, >>> But all that he could SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG, >>> Was the bottom of the deep blue SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG. >>> >>> Here are the actions: >>> 1. >>> >>> A sailor went to SEA, SEA, SEA >>> To SEE what he could SEE, SEE, SEE >>> But all that he could SEE, SEE, SEE >>> Was the bottom of the deep blue SEA, SEA, SEA >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- ----------------- >>> Begin with hands together on "MY", smacking the hands of your >>> playmate on " Sail", and your's on "or". >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- ------------------------------------------------------------ > A sailor >>> went to sea-sea-sea. ( SEA, SEA, SEA is done by clapping three times >>> against your friends hands) >>> >>> To SEE what he could SEE, SEE, SEE. (Here you hold your right >>> hand up >>> over you brow, touching it three times on SEE, SEE, SEE. and then >>> resume clapping on the next beat with "BUT". >>> >>> But all that he could SEE, SEE, SEE, ( Same thing here, pause for a >>> second with hands together on "could" and then hit above your brow >>> three times, like a sailor trying to shade his eyes from the sun ( a >>> sun visor), or a salute. Also salute on the single "See". >>> >>> Was the bottom of the deep blue SEA, SEA, SEA. ( Smack your friends >>> hands three times again on SEA, SEA, SEA. >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> 2. >>> A sailor went to CHOP, CHOP. CHOP. >>> To SEE what he could CHOP, CHOP, CHOP >>> But all that he could CHOP, CHOP, CHOP, >>> Was the bottom of the deep blue CHOP, CHOP, CHOP >>> ____________________________________________________________________ >>> ____ >>> ___ >>> On this last stanza, you CHOP at the crease in your right arm with >>> you left hand turned sideways... three times on CHOP, CHOP, CHOP and >>> each time you see CHOP, CHOP, CHOP and then resume with hands >>> together on 'TO". It is tricky but if you can keep the beat you >>> might >>> get through it without any mistakes. >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- ------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> 3. >>> A sailor went to KNEE, KNEE, KNEE, >>> To SEE what he could KNEE, KNEE, KNEE, >>> But all that he could KNEE, KNEE, KNEE, >>> Was the bottom of the deep blue KNEE, KNEE, KNEE. >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- --------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For the three KNEEs, you smack your KNEE three times always with >>> your >>> right hand, each time it comes around, trying not to get mixed up. >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> 4. >>> A sailor went to BANG, BANG,BANG, >>> To SEE what he could BANG, BANG,BANG, >>> But all that he could BANG, BANG,BANG, >>> Was the bottom of the deep blue BANG, BANG,BANG. >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> So on the three BANG,BANG, BANK's, you would make a simple gun shape >>> with your right hand, with one finger out as the barrel and aim >>> it at >>> your friend. They did they same. Do this three times as you say, >>> "BANK, BANK,BANK. >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> --- >>> >>> Okay, if that hasn't yet confused you, >>> now you put it all together acting out each capitalized word with an >>> action as before... >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- - >>> >>> 5. >>> A sailor went to SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG, >>> To SEE what he could SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG, >>> But all that he could SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG, >>> Was the bottom of the deep blue SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG. >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ---- -------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> Basic List Commands: >>> >>> 1. 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M.H wrote: > Dorothy Holland married John David Tanner circa 1950. > Anyone? Earlier I sent through Dorothy's mother's obit. I believe this one to be Dorothy's obituary. TANNER (Holland), Dorothy Helen - Stewiacke, passed away in Colchester Regional Hospital, Truro. Born in Halifax January 28, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Margaret Minnie Victoria Bosch. Dorothy was a member of Holy Trinity Church and past member of the Stewiacke Board of Trade. She is survived by her children, Fern Quillan (Clarence), Alberta; George Tanner (Charlotte), Brookfield; John Tanner Jr., Stewiacke; Wayne Tanner (Marilyn), Brookfield; Margaret Tanner-Zinck, Truro; 16 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; sisters, Muriel Wilson (Clarence), Halifax; Grace Deyoung (Donald), Eastern Passage; Joan Barrett (Tommy), Lower Sackville; Connie Christian (Graham), Lower Sackville; Shirley Saunders (James), Eastern Passage; brothers, Buddy Holland, Truro; Fred Holland, Saint John, N.B.; Nelson Bosch, Halifax; John Bosch, Dartmouth. She was predeceased by her husband, John Tanner Sr.; sons, Christopher, Joseph, Martin and Norman (twins); grandchildren, Tammy and Zerlina; great-grandson, David and sister, Betty Turple. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Canadian Cancer Society or Colchester Regional Hospital. Visitation 7-9 p.m. today and 2-4, 7-9 p.m. Tuesday in Ettinger Funeral Home, Shubenacadie. Funeral service 11 a.m. Wednesday in Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Stewiacke, Rev. Carl Fraser officiating. Burial will take place in Holy Trinity Anglican Cemetery, Fort Ellis. On-line condolences to: [email protected]

M.H wrote: > Dorothy Holland married John David Tanner circa 1950. > Anyone? > I'm not sure what you are specifically asking but this could be the obit for Dorothy's mother as well as the names and locations of her own siblings. BOSCH, Margaret Minnie Victoria - 90, Halifax, died February 23, 1995, in the Halifax Infirmary. Born in Halifax, she was a daughter of the late George and Ester (Quartz) Holland. She was a former member of St. Paul's Anglican Church. Surviving are daughters, Dorothy (Mrs. John Tanner), Stewiacke; Elizabeth (Mrs. Allan Turple), Lantz; Muriel (Mrs. Clarence Wilson), Halifax; Grace (Mrs. Donald DeYoung), Shirley (Mrs. James Saunders), Dartmouth; Joan (Mrs. Thomas Barrett), Constance (Mrs. Graham Christian), Lower Sackville; sons, Fred, Saint John, N.B.; Earl, Truro; Nelson, Halifax; John, Dartmouth; sisters, Louise, Elizabeth, Toronto. She was predeceased by her husband, Frederick. Cremation has taken place. Graveside committal service 2 p.m. Monday in Oakridge Memory Gardens, Rev. Joseph Pottie officiating. Donations to Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia.

The Eastern Chronicle, New Glasgow, N. S., Thursday, 28 Nov 1942: SCHULTZ- FRASER A wedding of much local interest was that quietly celebrated at Knox Presbyterian Church Manse, Halifax, on Friday evening, November, 20th, at 8 o'clock, when Mary Jean, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.R. Fraser, Mitchell Street, New Glasgow, became the bride of Sergeant Harold D. Schultz, R.C.A.F., son of Mr. and Mrs. J.E. Schultz of Pembrooke, Ontario. Rev. E.A. Morrison, minister of the church solemnized the marriage and the couple were attended by Miss Irene Horne of New Glasgow and Halifax and Corporal Richard Cameron, R.C.A.F., Halifax. The bride was lovely in her nuptial costume of rose crepe with brown accessories and corsage of yellow roses. The bridesmaid was attractively attired in green crepe with accessoeies to correspond. She wore a corsage of red roses. Among those witnessing the ceremony were the bride's sister, Mrs. Joseph Cooke, New Glasgow, and two brothers, Pte. Basil Fraser and Sgt. Jairus Fraser, both stationed at Halifax. Following the ceremony and a wedding supper at an hotel the bride and groom left for a week end honeymoon. They will reside in Halifax. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx JOHN R. MILLER Denver, Col. The husband of a former New Glasgow resident, John R. Miller, passed away in St. Anthony's Hospital, Denver, Colorado. His wife, who survives him, was the former Mary. J. Wilson, a member of the New Glasgow teaching staff, for nine years previous to her marriage. Mrs. K.R. McLean and Miss Christine Wilson, New Glasgow, are sisters-in-law of the deceased and word of his death was received by them. The late Mr. Miller was a native of this province, and was 76 years of age. He resided for some years in Sydney, C.B., and also in Boston, where he was engaged as a building contractor. Survivors besides his wife besides his wife include two daughters and two sons- Mrs. Jessie Hensel of Newark, New Jersey; Mrs. Dorothy Burvis, of Houston, Texas; Milward Miller of Medland, Texas; and John R. Miller, of Boulder City, Nevada. A brother in Nova Scotia, and two sisters and a brother in the United States, also survive. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Carolyn Wallace

We would often play "house" by drawing elaborate home plans on the pavement with chalk or a chalk rock. It was so much fun designing big beautiful homes with many large rooms and bathrooms. We even drew in tubs and pretended to have spa-like baths. ( Haha... we had no bathroom in our house). I remember lying down on the driveway, that led to the school, on my pretend soft bed. ( We slept three to a bed in real life so having a single bed, even if it felt like something Fred Flintstone would sleep on, was a dream come true.) We would have to keep lifting our heads up to see if cars were coming and then jump up and run when one came by. We would draw roads leading to the other homes that brothers sister and friends were drawing. It became an entire network of roads and homes. I should have been a city planner. haha

Clapping Game: All words in "large caps" here are consecutive claps on your playmates hands. For example, "Dutch GIRL" is two claps on your friends hands, BE, BE, BE is three, etc., I am a pretty little DUTCH GIRL, As pretty as pretty can BE, BE, BE, And all the boys around the block, Go crazy over ME, ME,ME. I l.o.v.e. - LOVE THEM, I m.i.s..s. -MISS THEM, And the very next time I see them, I'll k.i.s.s. - KISS THEM. "KISS THEM" of course is the climax so that is yelled a little louder and has a little extra force between the hands of the two friends, as they smack them together. Once you get the rhythm, it goes really smoothly.

Clapping Game: Every word typed in large caps is to be acted out as explained. My boy-friend went to SEA, SEA, SEA To SEE what he could SEE, SEE, SEE But all that he could SEE, SEE, SEE Was the bottom of the deep blue SEA, SEA, SEA. My boyfriend went to CHOP, CHOP. CHOP. To SEE what he could CHOP, CHOP, CHOP But all that he could CHOP, CHOP, CHOP, Was the bottom of the deep blue CHOP, CHOP, CHOP. My boy-friend went to KNEE, KNEE, KNEE, To SEE what he could KNEE, KNEE, KNEE, But all that he could KNEE, KNEE, KNEE, Was the bottom of the deep blue KNEE, KNEE, KNEE. My boy-friend went to BANG, BANG,BANG, To SEE what he could BANG, BANG,BANG, But all that he could BANG, BANG,BANG, Was the bottom of the deep blue BANG, BANG,BANG. My boyfriend went to SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG, To SEE what he could SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG, But all that he could SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG, Was the bottom of the deep blue SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG. Here are the actions: 1. My boy-friend went to SEA, SEA, SEA To SEE what he could SEE, SEE, SEE But all that he could SEE, SEE, SEE Was the bottom of the deep blue SEA, SEA, SEA ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------- Begin with hands together on "MY", smacking the hands of your playmate on " Boy", and your's on "Friend". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ My boy- friend went to sea-sea-sea. ( SEA, SEA, SEA is done by clapping three times against your friends hands) To SEE what he could SEE, SEE, SEE. (Here you hold your right hand up over you brow, touching it three times on SEE, SEE, SEE. and then resume clapping on the next beat with "BUT". But all that he could SEE, SEE, SEE, ( Same thing here, pause for a second with hands together on "could" and then hit above your brow three times, like a sailor trying to shade his eyes from the sun ( a sun visor), or a salute. Also salute on the single "See". Was the bottom of the deep blue SEA, SEA, SEA. ( Smack your friends hands three times again on SEA, SEA, SEA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------ 2. My boyfriend went to CHOP, CHOP. CHOP. To SEE what he could CHOP, CHOP, CHOP But all that he could CHOP, CHOP, CHOP, Was the bottom of the deep blue CHOP, CHOP, CHOP ________________________________________________________________________ ___ On this last stanza, you CHOP at the crease in your right arm with you left hand turned sideways... three times on CHOP, CHOP, CHOP and each time you see CHOP, CHOP, CHOP and then resume with hands together on 'TO". It is tricky but if you can keep the beat you might get through it without any mistakes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------- 3. My boy-friend went to KNEE, KNEE, KNEE, To SEE what he could KNEE, KNEE, KNEE, But all that he could KNEE, KNEE, KNEE, Was the bottom of the deep blue KNEE, KNEE, KNEE. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------- For the three KNEEs, you smack your KNEE three times always with your right hand, each time it comes around, trying not to get mixed up. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------- 4. My boy-friend went to BANG, BANG,BANG, To SEE what he could BANG, BANG,BANG, But all that he could BANG, BANG,BANG, Was the bottom of the deep blue BANG, BANG,BANG. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------------------- No as an adult typing that last stanza it looks like a bad message. Haha... but it means Bang as from a gun which isn't uncommon for soldiers. Haha So on the three BANG,BANG, BANK's, you would make a simple gun shape with your right hand, with one finger out as the barrel and aim it at your friend. They did they same. Do this three times as you say, "BANK, BANK,BANK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Okay, if that hasn't yet confused you, now you put it all together acting out each capitalized word with an action as before... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - 5. My boyfriend went to SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG, To SEE what he could SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG, But all that he could SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG, Was the bottom of the deep blue SEA, CHOP, KNEE, BANG. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- If you found this confusing, try acting it out, even by yourself with an invisible friend. Hahaha. Of course I would advise you to do this when no one else is around or your boyfriend (partner, husband, wife) might really go to sea to get away from you. Haha

> > Okay. I checked with my big sister who was the person who taught > this to me in the first place. I wrote a few days ago about : > Another game that we played was with a ball inside a nylon, pushed > right down to the toe. We would stand up against the school and > with legs parted, smack that ball above the left shoulder and then > between the parted legs and back again, trying to not miss a beat > while chanting a song. I now have the beginning line that I had forgotten when I first wrote to you. Here is how it goes: Hello,hello, hello sir (hitting between your legs on " sir") Are you coming out sir, No sir, Why sir, Cause I got a cold sir, Where did you get the cold sir, In the North Pole Sir, What were you doing there sir, Catching Polar bears sir, How many did you catch Sir? One Sir,... Two sir,... Three sir... etc., until you hit your leg by mistake or hit something other than the wall. If you missed the wall you were "out" or if you neglected to hi the ball on the wall between your legs on "Sir", then you were "out" and it was someone else's turn. The goal was to always get the right hits and to see how many Polar bears you could catch. I remember how sleek that rubber ball sounded as it smacked against the rock or wood of the building. > > > On 24-Apr-10, at 9:33 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Another topic I am working on for my book is on the old Early >> School yard >> games .... which kids of today don't play and may never have >> heard. Even >> though I am not that old yet I still remember playing some old >> school yard >> games and I'd like to include a chapter about these old school >> games to help >> them stay alive and show the children of this generation what we >> did for fun >> before everyone started get these new electronics such as cell >> phones, >> computers, video game consoles. >> >> I am interesting in any and all school games you can remember... >> >> Early School yard games - what do you remember these games being >> and how >> did you play them as I may not be familiar with these games? >> >> Here is some I have found out about so far: >> >> Halley-over >> baseball >> >> Fort-building >> Tug-of-war >> Red rover >> Leopold >> Scrub >> I declare war >> clap in clap out >> This list is just to get you started on thinking of old games --- >> Some I >> have found info on but not on the list so far. >> >> >> >> Beverly H >> "You can have everything. You just can’t have everything right >> now!" >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> _www.atlanticcanadahistory.com_ (http:// >> www.atlanticcanadahistory.com/) >> ---------------------------------------- >> Basic List Commands: >> >> 1. To post to the list >> Send a message to: >> [email protected] >> >> 2. How to unsubscribe >> a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- >> [email protected] that contains only the word >> unsubscribe >> >> b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- >> [email protected] that contains only the word >> unsubscribe >> >> 3. How to subscribe >> Send an email containing only the word >> subscribe >> to [email protected] >> >> 4. How to change to Digest mode >> a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) >> b. Subscribe to Digest mode >> Send an email containing only the word >> subscribe >> to [email protected] >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOVA-SCOTIA- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

On [2010-04-26 at 10:30am] M.H <[email protected]> wrote: > Dorothy Holland married John David Tanner circa 1950. > Anyone? > Marilyn Anyone what? What do you want to know? John

Dorothy Holland married John David Tanner circa 1950. Anyone? Marilyn

Going under the broomstick may have had something to do with the Limbo "how low can you go". I can remember doing that too, but I wasn't very good at it. I can still picture some kids bent over backwards going under it. Pat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betty" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 7:08 AM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Early Games / Annual Picnics > Hi again, > > I remembered yesterday "bean bag toss." And these remind me of > "horseshoes." And, watching TV last night I was reminded of a game > which I can't think of the name of. Where 2 people hold up a long stick > or > broom handle maybe at chest-high and someone tries to walk under it > without > falling or using hands. And then the stick keeps getting lower. > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > > (Also at the annual-picnics we attended when I was a child, we would have > women / girls in a contest to see who could hammer a large nail into a > block > of wood first. My father wanted a son badly; he got me and then my > sister; we won many of these contests.) > :o) > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lea van Stolk" <[email protected]> > To: "Darlene Morrison" <[email protected]> > Cc: "NOVA SCOTIA LIST" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 12:57 AM > Subject: Re: [NS-L] Early School yard games > > >> How about quoits? >> My grandmother had a quoits game with a wooden post and four rope >> rings. >> Quoits always made an appearance when the adults needed to talk. Her >> kitchen floor had12 inch lino squares, so we would stand back from the >> post the same number of squares as our age, or skill, as we tried to get >> ringers! >> > > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Pat, Yes, - the Limbo. And you just reminded me that I saw a very young child going under it - on roller skates - and she must have been very limber - when the pole was less than a foot above the floor. (TV show) Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Tanner" <[email protected]> To: "Betty" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 7:54 AM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Early Games / Annual Picnics > Going under the broomstick may have had something to do with the Limbo > "how > low can you go". I can remember doing that too, but I wasn't very good at > it. I can still picture some kids bent over backwards going under it. > Pat

Hi again, My hubby just got up and he tells me there was a different version of Hide-and-Seek that he had in his city neighborhood. It was called "Relieve-O" - sp? .. Instead of finding the hider and running back to the "central spot," a different hider could run quickly and "relieve" the people already "found." ??? Also, "Abba, Dabba, Dabba," and I had to look at this web site again to remind of the name: Animal Fair. Oh, I went to the Animal Fair .... http://bussongs.com/animal_songs.php Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA)

Hi again, What about the Hokey-Pokey? And, if you watch very old movies, esp. old B&W shows about children, you see them playing games. Some have tried to roll a tire down a road without letting it drop. I just tried to find "Go In and Out the Window .." and find a web site called "Bus Songs for Children." :o) http://bussongs.com/songs/go_in_and_out_the_window.php Warning: Be careful when you try to find the lyrics of songs on-line. Some web sites can cause trouble for you. (I know from recent experience.) So, make sure your "virus-checker software" is up-to-date and active. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robin Lensing" <[email protected]> To: "NOVA SCOTIA LIST" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Early School yard games >I remember the tune to "In and Out the Window" but I have forgotten how it >is played. How about "London Bridge is Falling Down"?

Hi again, This reminds me of a Scavenger Hunt. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) (I have a relative who does this once a year. But, they do it with their computers. The people / couples meet at their house to get the list of items they must find. Then they leave for a few hours and use their "laptops" to help them find the items. They then return to the house to finish the party. I've never participated so I don't know the details.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "iris shea" <[email protected]> To: "Carolyn Wallace" <[email protected]>; "NOVA- SCOTIA-L" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Games! > That was probably "Hoist Your Sails" Carolyn. We played this as a group, > two teams, whoever showed up at our gathering spot after supper; selected > two

Hi again, I remembered yesterday "bean bag toss." And these remind me of "horseshoes." And, watching TV last night I was reminded of a game which I can't think of the name of. Where 2 people hold up a long stick or broom handle maybe at chest-high and someone tries to walk under it without falling or using hands. And then the stick keeps getting lower. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) (Also at the annual-picnics we attended when I was a child, we would have women / girls in a contest to see who could hammer a large nail into a block of wood first. My father wanted a son badly; he got me and then my sister; we won many of these contests.) :o) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lea van Stolk" <[email protected]> To: "Darlene Morrison" <[email protected]> Cc: "NOVA SCOTIA LIST" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 12:57 AM Subject: Re: [NS-L] Early School yard games > How about quoits? > My grandmother had a quoits game with a wooden post and four rope rings. > Quoits always made an appearance when the adults needed to talk. Her > kitchen floor had12 inch lino squares, so we would stand back from the > post the same number of squares as our age, or skill, as we tried to get > ringers! >

This Old Man, (clapping game) and paddycake.. And the ants go marching one by one, ho-rah, ho-rah.... On 25-Apr-10, at 8:09 PM, Sue J wrote: > Hi Pat, > we said something similar. We had: Plainsies, Clapsies, Roller > ball, to > backsie. Right hand, left hand, touch your knee, touch your toe, > touch your > heal and away we go. > Sue > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Tanner > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 4:56 PM > To: iris shea; [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NS-L] Early School yard games > > I remember something that sounded like: Claimsies, clappsies, roly > poly, > foldsies, behind-your-back, above-your-head, beneath-your-leg and > basketball. OXO > > We certainly played it against the side of the house or school in > the late > 40's and early 50's. > > Pat Tanner > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > ------- > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "iris shea" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 5:21 PM > Subject: Re: [NS-L] Early School yard games > > >> Beverly, I remember one where we threw the ball at the wall of the >> school, stood just far enough away to catch it. We may have called it >> "Eightsies" but not sure. Taking turns, a person threw the ball she >> clapped her hands..behind the back, above the head, beneath the >> leg, and >> ??? I wonder if anyone remembers the sequence. When you finished one >> sequence you went on to clap your hands twice before catching the >> ball, >> following the sequence. The winner was the one who could clap her >> hands >> the most times without missing the ball. Some of this is very >> vague, but >> the girls played it a lot. >> Iris >> ---------------------------------------- >> Basic List Commands: >> >> 1. To post to the list >> Send a message to: >> [email protected] >> >> 2. How to unsubscribe >> a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- >> [email protected] that contains only the word >> unsubscribe >> >> b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- >> [email protected] that contains only the word >> unsubscribe >> >> 3. How to subscribe >> Send an email containing only the word >> subscribe >> to [email protected] >> >> 4. How to change to Digest mode >> a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) >> b. Subscribe to Digest mode >> Send an email containing only the word >> subscribe >> to [email protected] >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >> without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOVA-SCOTIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

One potato ( but spoken as patatah) One potato, two potato, three potato four, five potato, six potato, seven potatoes more. That was a game of elimination and played with closed fists and counting first with one on top on top of the other, moving around the circle to count your friends fists. After saying the above phrase up to seven each time, the fist that your landed on was out and the child had to place that hand behind their backs. When the counter lost fist, they would touch their chin with their remaining fist when counting themselves. They would continue around the circle until that last person with one fist out was left. He was the winner. Sometimes it was played strictly as a game; other times it was a way to decide who would go first in a game by a different name. Then there was: Eenie, meanie, minie, moe, catch a tiger by the toe If he hollers, let him go! Eenie, meanie minie moe. That was another elimination game played by touch the toe of each player who had gathered in a circle. For each word in the phrase, a different toe would be touched until the phrase was completed one and someone was "out". The like "One potato" the rhyme was continued until only was foot was left in the center. This would be the person who would get to go first in another game... as in who would be IT forst in a game of tag, or some other game. Of course their is also the racist version of that with the word tiger replaced with 'niger." We used to say that without even knowing what it meant. Happily, my children do not know that version. On 25-Apr-10, at 6:47 PM, [email protected] wrote: > I remember something like that and part of the rhyme was "high > ball, low > ball, touch your head, touch your toe, clap your hands and away you > go." > Enjoying the memories. Linda in Maine > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Dave Tanner" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 4:55 PM > To: "iris shea" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [NS-L] Early School yard games > >> I remember something that sounded like: Claimsies, clappsies, roly >> poly, >> foldsies, behind-your-back, above-your-head, beneath-your-leg and >> basketball. OXO >> >> We certainly played it against the side of the house or school in >> the late >> 40's and early 50's. >> >> Pat Tanner >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -------------- >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "iris shea" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 5:21 PM >> Subject: Re: [NS-L] Early School yard games >> >> >>> Beverly, I remember one where we threw the ball at the wall of the >>> school, stood just far enough away to catch it. We may have >>> called it >>> "Eightsies" but not sure. Taking turns, a person threw the ball she >>> clapped her hands..behind the back, above the head, beneath the >>> leg, and >>> ??? I wonder if anyone remembers the sequence. When you finished one >>> sequence you went on to clap your hands twice before catching the >>> ball, >>> following the sequence. The winner was the one who could clap her >>> hands >>> the most times without missing the ball. Some of this is very >>> vague, but >>> the girls played it a lot. >>> Iris >>> ---------------------------------------- >>> Basic List Commands: >>> >>> 1. To post to the list >>> Send a message to: >>> [email protected] >>> >>> 2. How to unsubscribe >>> a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- >>> [email protected] that contains only the word >>> unsubscribe >>> >>> b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- >>> [email protected] that contains only the word >>> unsubscribe >>> >>> 3. How to subscribe >>> Send an email containing only the word >>> subscribe >>> to [email protected] >>> >>> 4. How to change to Digest mode >>> a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) >>> b. 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Yes... I forgot what it was called though. We just used a regular cotton rope in the mid 60's. On 25-Apr-10, at 2:04 PM, Sue J wrote: > How many remember playing Chinese jump rope? Today they use rubber > much > like a bunji cord that is circular so two people can stand in it, > wrap it > around their legs, near their ankles and stretch it out so the 3rd > person > could do the jumping and moving of a side of the rope over the > other side > with just one foot. > Sue > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2010 12:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NS-L] Early School yard games > > Stoop Tag > > Leap Frog > > Engine, Engine number 9 > Going down Chicago line > If the train goes off the track > Do you want your money back? > Y E S spelled yes and you are not it. > > One potato two potato > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOVA-SCOTIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message

Robin, I remember seeing this hoop and stick game played by the children actors at Louisbourg. On 25-Apr-10, at 1:15 PM, Robin Lensing wrote: > > What a great thread! I have so enjoyed reading it! Just imagine > the tales > our g-g-grandparents could tell of playground and farmyard games > and toys! > My mom used to tell of rolling a hoop around the yard using a stick > to make > it roll. > > ---------------------------------------- > Basic List Commands: > > 1. To post to the list > Send a message to: > [email protected] > > 2. How to unsubscribe > a. List mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-L- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > b. Digest mode: Send a message to NOVA-SCOTIA-D- > [email protected] that contains only the word > unsubscribe > > 3. How to subscribe > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > > 4. How to change to Digest mode > a. Unsubscribe from List mode (2.a. above) > b. Subscribe to Digest mode > Send an email containing only the word > subscribe > to [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NOVA-SCOTIA- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message