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As a child, whenever we…
As a child, whenever we were going on a long journey, in order to keep the kids occupied my Mum would suggest a game of “The Ministers Cat”. The youngest child would be first to start and would say for example “The Ministers Cat is an ANGRY cat”. Each player would take their turn in order of age (and possible degree of difficulty depending on the number of players). We would go through the alphabet until Z. If a player could not come up with a suitable adjective they would be out, although we would usually skip on X! I have played this recently with my niece and grandchildren and whilst it’s good fun, it’s also good for their vocabulary.
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Susie, Susie, sitting in…
Susie, Susie, sitting in a shoe shine shop All day long she sits and shines All day long she shines and sits Sitting in a shoe shine shop. As children, we would usually get caught out on the third line and would fall about laughing like the naughty children we were! We would also try “She sells sea shells on the sea shore”
The joys of a by-gone age!…
The joys of a by-gone age! I remember playing “balls” in the 60’s in the East End of Glasgow. Our garage doors acted as the wall – all the children from the neighbourhood would come round and we would each take a turn and would be “out” when a ball was dropped. I remember there were 10 positions. 1st position – bounce the ball on the ground and against the door once. 2nd position – lift your right leg up, bounce the ball under that leg and against the door twice. 3rd position – lift and cross your left leg over your right, bounce the ball under that leg and against the door three times. 4th position – both feet approx 2 feet apart, bounce ball under your legs and against the door four times. 5th position – turn slightly to the right, bounce ball behind your back against the door five times. 6th position – bounce ball on ground and against the door, spin around for six times. Can’t remember the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th positions but each stage became harder. Maybe I don’t remember because I never got that far without dropping a ball but I do remember that when you did get to the 10th position you continued in reverse order back to 1st position. If anyone can remember please put me out of my mysery!
I have been searching for…
I have been searching for Spaldeens on the web since I got on the web. Today I find they are back! Yippie! I don’t remember the Pensie Pinkie unless they were the solid foam rubber balls that would get gouges taken out of them and you see the spongy inside. I hated them. We played stick ball all over the dead ends of Sutton Place in Manhattan. We hated loosing the Spaldeens in the East River. I remember a teacher in High School that always carried a Spaldeen. He had huge forearms. All day long he would squeeze his Spaldeen. I am heading for a sporting goods store now to find my first spaldeen in 30 years