Wow! Its great to read about how other’s have played Skelly. I remember spending many summers playing it (as well as kick the can, catch and kill, ringolerio, tops, ….).

My block (In Brooklyn, Gratten St, not far from Knickerbocker Ave) had great glass bottle top players.

Its kind of sad that with all the high tech games, todays kids won’t have that kind of physical experience. Yeah, I exaggerate. But, maybe not, I wouldn’t let my kids play in the street; not with todays vehicular pace. While dialing a cell phone you could go over many skelly boxes!