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I used to play this card…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 11, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014

I used to play this card game with friends from Rochdale Village in Jamaica, Queens back in the ’60s. This game could get a little bloody at times if you drew a red card from the deck. Marc

Posted in Card Games, Other Games, Queens | Tagged knucks

I am looking for directions…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 9, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014

I am looking for directions for the x’s string game for two people that I learned as a child and want to teach mine, but cant remember on how to play and how to make things like: witches broom stick, a ladder, banana bunch, etc. any idea’s?

Posted in Girl games | Tagged string games

When I was a kid, my grandmother…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 9, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 9, 2002

When I was a kid, my grandmother taught us cousins, a type of game you can do with string or yarn. 1st one holds string in certain position then the other takes the x’s of the string and then it transfers it to their own hands. Play continues back and forth until either one messes up. Any one know what I am talking about? I want to teach my daughter, but I can’t remember how to do it. Any ideas?

Posted in Girl games, Jumprope

Does any one know the ricky…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 9, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 9, 2002

Does any one know the ricky ticky tumbo rhym? You know, “ricky ticky tumbo, no sir rumbo…..”

Posted in Girl games | Tagged songs

Does any one know the ricky…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 9, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 9, 2002

Does any one know the ricky ticky tumbo rhym? You know, “ricky ticky tumbo, no sir rumbo…..”

Posted in Girl games | Tagged songs

The hand motions to say…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 9, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014

The hand motions to say say oh playmate go like this: cross your arms over your chest, then slap the sides of your thighs, then clap twice and repeat until rhyme is done.

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, Girl games

I remember that if you looked…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 6, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014

I remember that if you looked at the Essex Street Retail Market sign at just the right angle it would read” Sex Street Tail Market” When I pointed it out to my mother she wacked in the back of the head for having a dirty mind.

Posted in Locales, Manhattan | Tagged Lower East Side

Does anyone remember the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 5, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014

Does anyone remember the jump rope rhyme “School” where for each grade you did something different. I remember 4th grade you had to jump in backwards, and I’ve found a couple of places that take you up to third grade. But I can’t find the rest of the grade requirements.

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, Girl games, Jumprope | Tagged Does anyone remember...

We lived on 169th St. The…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 4, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014

We lived on 169th St. The old P.S. 168 had a pole that was cast in a roll away concrete heavy bottom. That was used to close the street to traffic and that street was considered a “play street” but only when school was in session. We used to roll that sign out AFTER SCHOOL to close the street for our variety of games, stick ball or roller derby. People were so considerate then—people driving cars never rolled the sign away so we had the whole street to ourselves. Fun, fun, fun.

Posted in Reader Stories, Stickball, Street Lifestyle | Tagged Blocking off the street

Manhattan upper east side…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 31, 2002 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014

Manhattan upper east side on 80th street we played Johnny on the Pony in the street from one side of the street to the other (sidewalk to sidewalk) and closed off the street so no cars could come down and stop our fun….Only the cops made us stop…LOL…What happen to the good old days being a kid in the streets…

Posted in Johnny on the Pony, Manhattan, Other Games

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