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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
 Posted - May 24 2005 : 2:47:23 PM
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Kick the can, red light green light, and ditch!
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
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Posted - May 24 2005 : 2:51:35 PM
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Ditch???
****Gardener, Stitcher, Spiritual Explorer and Appreciator of all Things Natural****
"Begin to weave and God will give the thread." - German Proverb |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2005 : 6:56:55 PM
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Yeah, what is ditch?
We had two ice cream guys. One came by in the mornings on a bicycle with a bell and a freezer on the back. He had fudgecicles. Mr. Softee came by in the evening with a lighted musical truck, and a walk up window. His ice cream was "fake" according to my mom. She was right, but it still tasted good after playing hide and seek. The cones cost a nickel. I was lucky because my parents would fork over the nickel any night I wanted, Some of the kids on the block only got one a week. I always felt bad about that, but lucky at the same time. Mom and Dad never balked at anything I wanted to eat, because I never had an appetite, and they wanted me to eat!
jpbluesky
Heaven gives its glimpses only to those
Not in position to look too close.
from "A Passing Glimpse" by Robert Frost |
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mollymae
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Molly
Visalia
California
USA
694 Posts |
Posted - May 24 2005 : 7:52:22 PM
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Originally posted by jpbluesky
Hopscotch and Hula Hoops? And the most fun outdoor game for me - the race to the ice cream truck.
 too funny, that was mine as well! 
Molly
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." --Henry David Thoreau
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - May 25 2005 : 6:27:59 PM
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Ditch was like a big hide and seek game in the neighborhood at night. Teams, you hide in the neighbors bushes etc. It was fun.
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
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quiltedess
True Blue Farmgirl
296 Posts
Nancy
Priest River
ID
USA
296 Posts |
Posted - Jun 02 2005 : 09:00:24 AM
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Ollie Ollie Oxen Free was something that was yelled out before throwing a ball over the roof of the Grange Hall to the opposing "team". I STILL don't understand that one.
Others that I remember:
Kick the Can
Mother May I
Red Light, Green Light
Simon Says
I hadn't heard of Kick Ball until recently and that was when my son and his wife said they had just joined a Kick Ball team. They love it.
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1199 Posts
Eileen
USA
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Posted - Jun 02 2005 : 09:09:51 AM
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Oh I remember doing that to. I can't remember the rules though or the point of the game except to see if you could get the ball over the roof and if the opposing team could get it back. How many tries did you get? HMMM.
Eileen
songbird; singing joy to the earth |
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Nana Naomi
Farmgirl in Training
41 Posts
Mary
Tyler, Texas
TX
USA
41 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2005 : 10:00:32 AM
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| Oh! My! What timing! I was just trying to remember the rules to some of the games that I played in East Texas in the 50's. Does anyone else remember "Button,button, whose got the button?" We played everyone of the other games mentioned as wellas " Strut Miss Susie" . These were games that my grandmother taught me in the country. In houston, we played vacant lot baseball - boys against the girls and we girls always won! (Or at least that's the way I remember it. ) On our block we also had sit-up contests. Crazy, huh? But, then I wonder how many of us had flat tummies as adults? |
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quiltedess
True Blue Farmgirl
296 Posts
Nancy
Priest River
ID
USA
296 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2005 : 10:50:12 AM
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The way I remember Button Button was:
Everyone sat or stood in a circle except one person who was in the middle and they needed to guess where the button was. The kids in the circle would, all at the same time, pretend to pass a button around the circle. If the middle "guesser" chose the wrong person they had to keep guessing where the button was; if they chose the one with the button, then the one getting "caught" with the button became IT and had to then guess where the button was.
I remember playing it in kindergarten when we had to stay inside at recess because of really bad weather.
Nancy |
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RachelLeigh
True Blue Farmgirl
635 Posts
Rachel
Rainier
WA
USA
635 Posts |
Posted - Jun 03 2005 : 1:12:41 PM
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| Oh my goodness! I had totally forgotten that my sister and I used to play "Mother May I" and "Red Light, Green Light" when we were children. Our brothers never wanted to play. Boys!! I had forgotten ALLL about those! Ahhhh....that was great. Then we'd get done playing and go listen to the New Kids on the Block (I was a child in the 80s!) |
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KJAMES
Farmgirl in Training
34 Posts
KAREN
SC
USA
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Posted - Jun 03 2005 : 1:22:50 PM
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Hey Michele, can't believe you mentioned lightning bugs. I was looking out the front door last night and saw some lightning bugs. I got so excited I made my husband get up and look at them. Haven't seen any in a long time, or maybe just been to busy to look.
Reading about all the games we used to play made me smile. I am always telling people that are a lot younger than me how kids didn't have to have all these organized sports to keep them busy. All we needed was a bunch of kids that wanted to have some fun.
I can remember my Dad standing on the back porch calling me to come in it was getting dark. No really it was already dark, time to take a bath and go to bed. Remember how good you used to sleep when you were a kid, asleep almost as soon as your head hit the pillow. Oh to have that kind of sleep again.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart |
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mollymae
True Blue Farmgirl
694 Posts
Molly
Visalia
California
USA
694 Posts |
Posted - Jun 04 2005 : 1:15:34 PM
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We played "Duck, Duck Goose" and "Red Light Green Light" as kids in my front yard, all the neighborhood kids would gather on my lawn and we would play until we were forced to come inside for dinner...hehe. Those were the days! What memories reading all these brings back.
Cead Mile Failte,
Molly
"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." --Henry David Thoreau
**When life throws scraps your way ~ Make a Quilt!**
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connio
True Blue Farmgirl
535 Posts
connie
springtown
texas
USA
535 Posts |
Posted - Jun 04 2005 : 3:20:11 PM
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Hey Farm Girls Wow do all of these posts take me right back to my childhood! Love it.
Nana Naomi Since you are in Tyler, Tx, you should join the Howdy Ya'll Farm Girl chapter.
Connie
cozycottage |
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - Jun 05 2005 : 10:46:17 AM
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Don't forget Simon Says!
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
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Nana Naomi
Farmgirl in Training
41 Posts
Mary
Tyler, Texas
TX
USA
41 Posts |
Posted - Jun 05 2005 : 12:09:48 PM
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Howdy!
How do I get in touch with that chapter? |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jun 08 2005 : 8:24:01 PM
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KJAMES, your phrase "time to take a bath and go to bed" was exactly what my mom said every night! It was always after dark when I came in, very dirty and sweaty, with new mosquito bites. It felt so good to get into the warm water and then get PJ's on. Then it was oreos and milk and off to bed. The house and the bed felt so secure and comfy. Oh, to be a little girl again for just one night.
jpbluesky
The sun is but a morning star.
Last sentence from "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
6066 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2005 : 7:23:16 PM
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Cinderella, dressed in yella
Went downtown to meet her fella.....
I don't think we have mentioned jumping rope have we? Remember double dutch? We spent a lot of time jumping rope on our street and I loved running in with another girl and the two of us jumping at once.
jpbluesky
Heartland girl |
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PJJ
True Blue Farmgirl
95 Posts
Paula
Bristow
OK
USA
95 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2005 : 9:27:40 PM
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My kids are playing lots of flashlight tag since we moved. And they're outside roaming in the little neighborhood until 10 p.m. some nights! It's great they can do that here, although I still keep a close eye on them.
They still play many of the games mentioned here. And both *love* jacks!
Paula J.
Paula J., with Ty, Cara, Brody, Blue, and Fidget |
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bubblesnz
True Blue Farmgirl
291 Posts
helen
New Zealand
291 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2005 : 11:08:20 PM
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We played American skipping for hours. It was with elastic, two friends had the elastic around their ankles or legs, depending how many levels you were up too, and you had to do different moves and jumps in the middle of the elastic. You could also use 2 chairs, if no friends around.
Have never found out why it was called American skipping, but that was what we played in New Zealand. Also hopscotch and bullrush. That is where 1 person stands in the middle of the field and you have to get past them to other side. Everyone runs at once. |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2005 : 11:19:53 PM
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We called that same thing chinese jumprope...isn't that funny? We played hopscotch alot too. Bullrush sounds alot like what we called Red Rover.
Jenny in Utah
The best things in life arn't things! |
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - Jun 20 2005 : 4:17:01 PM
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Oh, gosh! I forgot about that game!
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
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CityCat
True Blue Farmgirl
198 Posts
Catherine
Toronto
Ontario
Canada
198 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2005 : 7:10:12 PM
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What about hand clapping games? SeeSee my playmate, (clap, clap) come out and play with me... Miss Susie had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell... Miss Sue, Miss Sue, Miss Sue from Alabama, Sittin' in a rocker, Eatin' Betty Crocker, watching the clock go tick, tock, tick-tock shawallawalla...
I'm sure there are others, but those are the only ones I remember.
What about foot hockey? Played a lot of that when I was little.
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Kim
True Blue Farmgirl
146 Posts
Kim
Pflugerville
Texas
USA
146 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2005 : 07:53:50 AM
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Oh my gosh. I totally forgat about these!!!! What great memories!
farmgirl@heart
Be at peace with yourself and the rest will follow |
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1199 Posts
Eileen
USA
1199 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2005 : 10:05:30 AM
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And then there is "Pease Porriage hot , pease porriage cold, pease porriage in the pot nine days old...."
Eileen
songbird; singing joy to the earth |
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Clare
True Blue Farmgirl
2173 Posts
NC WA State
USA
2173 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2005 : 10:35:51 AM
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Eileen, I remember that one, but the ones mentioned previously are new to me. I think I'd like to learn them!! Care to share the whole verses?
**** Love is the great work - though every heart is first an apprentice. - Hafiz
Set a high value on spontaneous kindness. - Samuel Johnson****
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Across the Fence: All Ye All Ye All Come Free!!! |
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