----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary & Don" <aof1@arn.net> To: "Ray Jackson" <rayjac@rjackson.ipbizmail.net> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 2:36 PM Subject: Re: Red Rover > <<<<<There was one where you threw the ball over the roof of the house to a > > second team and that is all I can remember. I thought that was " Red > Rover">>>> > > > > > That one was called Ante Over. The child on one side of the house hollered > "Ante!!" ( or Aunty??) and the other hollered, "Over!!", then the one who > hollered "Over!" would throw the ball over the roof and the other child > would catch it. My younger brother and a neighbor girl were playing this > one day and when the ball came my brother's way, he dodged it and hit his > forehead on the rim of a 55 gal. drum and cut a gash requiring several > stitches. The ball was a jackball and was used in another of my favorite > games, jacks, when we were not playing hopscotch. I would love to have a > copy of your games booklet. > > Mary C. Moore > aof1@arn.net > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ray Jackson" <rayjac@rjackson.ipbizmail.net> > To: <TXSHELBY-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 11:39 AM > Subject: Red Rover > > > > Thanks to all that furnished the rules of "Red Rover" > > You may ask "why" -- > > We are putting together a booklet of all known games that were played in > the > > early 1900's before TV. > > > > If you have or know of any unusual- outdoor or indoor-- please submit. > > There was one where you threw the ball over the roof of the house to a > > second team and that is all I can remember. I thought that was " Red > Rover" > > > > Shelby County Texas Rootsweb Coordinator > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~txshelby > > rayjac@ktsnet.com > > > > > > > > > > >

Here's one I haven't seen on the list yet. We loved playing "Farmer in the Dell". All the children would hold hands in a circle with the "Farmer" in the center. We would sing: "The Farmer in the Dell, The Farmer in the Dell, Hi-Ho-the dairy-o, The Farmer in the Dell. The Farmer choose a wife, The Farmer choose a wife, Hi-Ho-the dairy-o, The Farmer choose a wife." Then the farmer would choose a girl from the circle to be his wife. The circle of children would then sing: "The wife choose a child, The wife choose a child, Hi-Ho-the dairy-o, The wife choose a child." This would continue through "Child choose a nurse, nurse choose a dog, dog choose a rat, rat choose the cheese, and I don't remember how it ended, unless the rat ate the cheese." Any one remember the rest of it? Boy, I feel old!! Mary C. Moore aof1@arn.net