We never played the games…
We never played the games with Chestnuts (which we called horse chestnuts), but we did throw them at each other. We would collect them in a bread bag, take them home, and pour them in the milkbox that sat on the porch. My mom said when they started getting wormy, she would throw them away. Don’t know what the milkman did with the milk during chestnut season!!
Yes, I remember doing this…
My daughter and I were discussing…
My daughter and I were discussing how to play “school” jumping rope. I can’t remember exactly what you have to do for each grade, just that 3rd grade was hot peppers,6th grade was 3 slow and 3 hot, and 9th grade was 3 slow, 3 medium, 3 hot. Other than that, for Kindergarten you just run through and if you get spanked (the rope hits you on the way out) you have to repeat Kindergarten — I think if you get spanked in any grade you have to repeat that grade; first grade is one plain jump; the rest are the following or combinations of the following done while jumping: –close your eyes, high waters(the rope doesn’t touch the ground); turn around; touch the ground with your hand; medium hot peppers; red hot peppers; jump with just one leg; jump with both feet; jump on one leg and then the other. That’s nine different styles. Then we used to go from 12th back down to Kindergarten but go in the back door and leave by the front (enter the rope from the opposite side and run out the other way.
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Re: the Chinese jumprope…
Re: the Chinese jumprope In Trinidad we called this ‘elastic’. You would start with it around 2 people’s ankles and there were different routines you had to follow, involving jumping in, out, over the two elastics, “mashing” or stepping on then, before you could move up to knee length and then finally the hardest one was jumping in and out when it was on your friends’ hips or waists. One of the routines was “BINGO”.
Ooh Aah The post…
Ooh Aah The post by Azizi is very similar to what we sang playing skipping (jump rope) in Trinidad in the early 80s. Except it was prefaced by “oona dosi . . . s . . .r . . .a mama potosi, sitting on a road went to a ? and this is what she saw ooh ahh i wanna piece of pie the pie too sweet i wanna piece of meat the meat too tough i wanna ride the bus the bus too full i want my money back my money turn green say A! B! C!” etc. and you would turn the rope faster to try to “out” the person. We also had one where the rope would turn very slowly as we sang “bluebells, cockle shells” with a rhyme that I don’t remember and then increase the speed with “salt, vinegar, mustard, pepper!”
WE USE’D TO PLAY EVERY SUMMER…
WE USE’D TO PLAY EVERY SUMMER DOWN RHAWNHURST SCHOOL YARD-BEST DAYS-MY DAD DIDN’T THINK SO CAUSE HE LOST ALOT OF GOOD SHOVELS AND BROOMS TO STICKBALL. I GUESS WE WERE THE LAST GENERATION OF REAL STICKBALLERS-MID TO LATE 80’S IN OUR TEENS. WE PLAYED FAST PITCH AGAINST A PAINTED BOX AND WE JUDGED THE BASE HIT TYPE BY THE DISTANCE. ANYWAY…I MADE SOME COOL STICKBALL T-SHIRTS -I HAVE MY OWN SCREENPRINTING BUSINESS-IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED WRITE BACK. ENJOY THE MEMORIES
Hello fellow skully/skelly…
Hello fellow skully/skelly fans, My name is Shannon and I work at a rec center. Most of you guys talk about growing up in the 50s in New York. You people must be the pros at this game! I was born in the 80s. Since, I work at a playground, I am going to bring this game back to life! I have to run a camp this summer. So, what better way to keep the kids busy then, having a Skully camp! I need to ask you guys a favor. I need as much imformation about Skully as possible. If you have the time can you write me at or and tell me everything you know? I want to talk to the ulimate Skully players! I promise I will write back! This site is awesome! Thanks! Shannon/Skullyfan19