Two teams with broomsticks. Puck — dainey — 6-10 inches, pointed at either end. Play begins by hitting the puck in the air. Boys hit the puck — Play is down the street(s). dON’T KNOW THE SCORing. Loosing side runs back down the street)s) while winners throw their stick at them. Played in Louisville in the west end in the thirties
Two teams. two batters 30, 40 yards apart. Broomstick in drawn circle. two tin cans are behind the circle. The bowler at one end rolls the ball with the aim of knocking over the cans at the other end. The batter tries to hit the ball. Fielded by the members of the bowlers team. a catcher stands behind each set of can ready to catch the ball and knock the cans down if he can catch the batter with his stick out of the circle. Three (cans down) outs. Runs are scored by batters running from one base to the other when the ball is hit.
man i used to play skelly till my finger nail was worn down.sometimes we played kickies and throwies some tops were never seen again and when you became a killer every body would scatter youd have to chase them down to get them out some games would start on one block and end 2 or 3 blocks down.some tops where throw onto roofs or any were the was hard to get to. on rainy days we practiced our hiking and shooting skills in the project hallways for hours. im all grown up now iplayed from 1974-1978 i never forget playing skelly eating free lunch and talking about the 44. caliber killer and the blackout of 77. for apoor kid like i was, thank god i had skelly. god bless. kingsboro 7th walk
Terri (from 8/17/00) Here are all the verses I have for the song “I Wish I Were…”. Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap, Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap, For I’d slippy and I’d slidy Over everybody’s hidey Oh I wish I were a little bar of soap. Oh I wish I were a little mosquito, Oh I wish I were a little mosquito, For I’d nippy and I bity Under everybody’s nightie Oh I wish I were a little mosquito. Oh I wish I were a little bottle of coke, Oh I wish I were a little bottle of coke, For I’d go down with a slurp And I’d come up with a burp Oh I wish I were a little bottle of coke. Oh I wish I were a little English sparrow, Oh I wish I were a little English sparrow, For I’d sitty on the steeple And I’d spitty on the people Oh I wish I were a little English sparrow. Oh, I wish I were a little hunk of mud. Oh, I wish I were a little hunk of mud. I would ooey and I
I remember walking into a normal 18th century building on Cardinal Lemoine in Paris, France that held a huge mini-Roman Coliseum at the rear of the hall in the back courtyard. There were a bunch of elderly gentlemen playing bocci. It was so beautiful and sedate. trees blooming in early spring. Hidden in the middle of a metropolis. I started to go to that place at least once every week (I lived in that Latin Quarter. The old dudes always saluted and I always saved a sincere smile for them at the end of a long work day. Here is a picture of the place called Arenes de Luteces. It’s an actual 1200 year old mini Roman Coliseum. It has real cages and partially underground lion/gladiator rooms(I guess). spent a lot of daydreaming while watching those gentlemen concentrate on their game skills. Arenes de Lutece – 75005 History, Sculpture http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Arenes/gifs/arenes.1.jpg
the one we used to sing went like this: I had a little teddy bear. His name was Tiny Tim. I put him in the bathtub to teach him how to swim. First he ate the washcloth, then he ate the soap, so I called the doctor, the doctor said no hope; so, last night he died with a bubble in his throat! (love your page – thank you)
I’m from “Da Bronx.” We lived at 500 Trinity Avenue, directly across the street from Saint Mary’s Park in the 50s and 60s. This is close to 149th Street and Jackson Avenue. I attended St. Anselm’s Catholic School until 1968 when my family moved to Miami, Florida. I have great memories of all these games, especially skellies, king queen and ringolevio. I often think of the other kids who grew up in my neighborhood. We’re all in our 40s now.
When I was in the fifth grade me and all my friends used to play a game called “up jenksons.” It is a game where you had two teams of two or more, and the item that you need is a dime. So one team will get the dime first (flip to see who gets it first) will put all their hands behind their backs and past the dime around and who ever has the dime when the other team says stop keeps it. Then every member of that team puts their hands in front of them and the other team will call slammies, wall, creepies or baskets. if the team calls slammies the team with the dime all have to slam their hands on the ground (game works best on cement) and the team listens to see if they can guess who has the dime but if they guess wrong the team gets the dime agin .the others are: wall, you have to lift their hands straight up; creepies, you have to make fist and put them on the ground and slowly open your hands trying not to make an noise; baskets, you have to hold the dimes in the mmiddle of your palms and put all five of your finger tips on the ground as you hold the dime in your palm. If you try this game you will have hours of fun…