I was thinking the same as…

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I was thinking the same as you were Dave S. I remember growing up in NYC and all we would do was play Skully. The funny thing about it is about two weeks ago, I was at my parents home and we actually brought up the conversation of playing skully as kids, as I try to explain to my wife (who is originally from California) the rules of the game. My most favorite memory was: this one summer in Prospect Park, they had a Skully tournament, that yes, I did win. The prize, an official fold up Skully board. That I unfortunately and regretably lost. I am going to have to make one and show my kids how its done.

udy Callahan: I was looking…

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udy Callahan: I was looking for someone that played “Potsy’. Have you learned anything more about how to play? I am putting together a book of GRandma’s Games for the young people to get them into activities that will give tham an opportunity to get some exersize and interact with their peers. I played it as an elementary student and it was my favorite game of marbles.

I went to grade school in…

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I went to grade school in the late 30’s just prior to WWII. I remember bouncing balls to rhymes similar to jump-rope rhymes. One in particular went “1-2-3- O-lari, 4-5-6- O-lari 7-8-9-O-lari, 10- O-lari-oh. Each time you would sa o-Lari, you would bounce the ball under your leg. Does any one know if this is the whole rhyme? Does any one else remember such and activity?

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Greetings, Streetplayers. I’m part of a group that is setting up a “play street” in Jackson Heights, Queens. We’re making one block of 78th Street (next to Travers Park) car-free every Sunday between now and Thanksgiving. Over the long run, we’re very interested in exploring ways to promote traditional street games on our play street. (In the near-term, the population of kids in the area is largely a bit too young for most of these games). We’d also like to find ways to demonstrate that a play street isn’t just for kids, perhaps by organizing an adult stickball game, or other such event. We’d like to invite this community over to play with us, and organize or demonstrate street games on our block. If you’re interested, please contact us at Thank you!

Just in the interest of keeping…

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Just in the interest of keeping this going… this is the version I remember from the early 80’s back in Dallas… Eeny meenie pepsodini Oop bop bop-sodini Education, neveration I love you Tutti Fruity Down down baby Down by the rollercoaster Sweet, sweet cindy I’ll never let you go Shamrock shamrock Shamma Shamma, shamrock Caught you with your boyfriend Naughty, naughty Stole a piece of candy Greedy, greedy Jumped out the window Crazy, crazy Shimmy shimmy coco pop Shimmy shimmy pow Shimmy shimmy coco pop Shimmy shimmy pow Eeny meenie pepsodini Oop bop bop-sodini Education, neveration I love you Tutti Fruity (and then for some reason you tried to tickle each other. got no idea where that came from!)

All the kids in our neighborhood…

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All the kids in our neighborhood want to play basketball in the alley from garage mounted hoops. The problem is damage to the garages from wild games, tresspassing, loud noise from the thumping of the ball, and the bringing of large numbers of kids into the area who do not live there. We don’t know how to solve this and everyone is mad. I wish we could find a compromise.

I lived on 10th st between…

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I lived on 10th st between Dickinson & Tasker until I left Philly in 1976 at the age of 13. Played everything up Wilder st and Greenwhich st. I completely forgot about Manhunt and Hide the Belt. We could think of anything even if nobody had a ball. Love trying to explain Buck Buck to people. I remember between 5 kids nobody had 35 cents for a pimple ball. I used to be able to climb the alleys up 3 story buildings onto the roof. I’d collect all the “roofed” balls and come to the edge and yell “Jackpot!” throwing down a half a dozen pimple balls and halfballs. Would love to get my hands on a pimple ball now just to feel it. I remember it was soft enough to pinch with your middle finger so when you pitched it for slapball it would take a crazy bounce right before the other guy could hit it. Great website. Thank you for the memories.

does anyone knows this one,…

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does anyone knows this one, tweet baby baby my mama said we rocking in the tree top all day long. huffin and a puffin and a singin that song. all the girls from camern streeet huffin and a puffin go tweet tweet tweet. i dont know the rest jus dat and who rememba the yankee doodle one yankee doodle went to town, riding on a pony, stuck a feather in his butt and called macoroni. this one rite here me and my freindz made upp yankee doodle went 2 space, riding on a rocket, stuck a feather in his butt and called it hershey chocalate

I am not from Philly myself…

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I am not from Philly myself but half ball was huge where I come from in Charlestown, Massachusetts. My grandfather used to run the tournaments and I remember hearing of a team from Philly coming up here to play and vice versa. I was just wondering if anyone on this website would remember that.