Hi Beverly, It might be interesting to find out if the games "of our past" had different names depending on whether you lived in the Maritime Provinces or in New England. For instance, I wonder if "Statue" could have been called "Freeze" in my area. And there were so many "jumping rope" ditties we sang. Maybe some "jump rope" competitions still sing them. .. And, there was something I did as a child which I called "One, 2, 3, O'Leary." Up until a couple years ago I could still teach my young grandchildren how to bounce that playball under my leg. Then arthritis set in. :o( I seem to remember that some grammar schools in our area no longer want "Dodge ball" played. And we played "Mother, May I" and "Red Light," etc. I have a situation where one daughter-in-law's parents were born in Europe, and she had to learn about all these games. Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) P.S. I wonder how many of the thousands of "Home Children" brought childhood games with them in their memories, or had to learn them after they arrived in Canada. (The "BHC QUILT" is being created right now.) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 8:33 PM Subject: [ NB ] Early School yard games 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/)