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! On Apr 25, 2010, at 9:34 PM, Darlene Morrison wrote: > 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 > > ---------------------------------------- > 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 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! >

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