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does anyone remember one…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 23, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014

does anyone remember one where you had to do X marks the spot? i used to like that one but it escapes me!

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

Miss Lucy had a steamboat,…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 23, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014

Miss Lucy had a steamboat, the steamboat had a bell Miss lucy went to heaven and the steamboat went to hell-o operator please get me number nine and if you can not get it you can show me your.. behind the fridgerator there is a piece of glass and if you dare to step on it it’ll go right up your as-k me no more questions i’ll tell you no more lies the boys are in the ——— pulling up their— flies are in the country bees are in the park the boys and girls are kissing in the D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, D-A-R-K, DARK, DARK, DARK

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, Girl games, Jumprope

Bill was ‘Silly Putty’ in…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 23, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014

Bill was ‘Silly Putty’ in Monicas hands..

Posted in Girl games, Toys | Tagged Silly Putty

I remember sitting on the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 23, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsMay 9, 2019

I remember sitting on the stoop on a hot summer’s night, before A/C, waiting for a breeze to come by.

Posted in Hanging Out, Reader Stories | Tagged stoop sitting, Summer

Silly Putty and the Sunday…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 23, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 14, 2014

Silly Putty and the Sunday papers … A plastic egg with a rubbery substance inside. When you flattened the “putty” onto a newspaper page, it carbon copied whatever was on the page onto itself. The joke pages were great fun with Silly Putty. Once you had your face or image on the putty, you Stre-e-e-t-c-h-e-d the putty. I stretched Nancy & Sluggo, Superman, and a few presidents. Hmmmm…. Wonder what Clinton would look like … ; )

Posted in Girl games, Toys | Tagged Silly Putty

In response to a request…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 23, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019

In response to a request for the ‘weirdest’ skelly cap, I’d like to add that in Brooklyn, NY during the early ’70s we used the rounded metal feet from the bottom of Catholic school desks. Once we found how well they slid across the street pavement, many of the desks at school (St. Simon and Jude) were imbalanced. It quickly got out of hand and became an unfair advantage for those who were using the standard bottle cap with melted crayons (as the feet were much heavier). I’ll also note that most boards were made in the street with chalk (don’t remember any standard dimensions), but one year we carved a more permanent one into the tar with pocket knives. Thanks for the memories. Makes me think back on other street games like Johnny on the Pony, Ring-o-Leavy-o, Coco-Leavy-o, Slap ball, Box ball, the other game played on a box ball setup (2 adjacent sidewalk boxes) where you had to flip and/or move the popsickle stick or coin -sorry I can’t remember the name…

Posted in Boxball, Brooklyn, Johnny on the Pony, Other Spaldeen games, Skully | Tagged crayons

Yes! Yes! Yes! On Miss…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 22, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014

Yes! Yes! Yes! On Miss Mary Mack, MacK, MacK. Does anyone remember the full verse to … Miss Lucy? I think today, both Mary Mack and Lucy would be “Ms”. ; )

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

To Tom … You…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 22, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsApril 22, 1999

To Tom … You brought back more memories.. You are right about the two sides of the key. I wore my key on a green shoelace, and I was forever losing or misplacing the key too …Thanks! 😉

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Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 22, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 2, 2019

I don’t remember another verse. There were probably lots of versions. This verse had a couple of other lines. Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, All dressed in black, black, black, With silver buttons, buttons, buttons All down her back, back, back She asked her mother, mother, mother, For fifty cents, cents, cents, To see the elephants, elephants, elephants, Jump over the fence, fence, fence, They went so high, high, high They reached the sky, sky, sky They never came back, back, back, Till The Fourth of July, Ly, Ly.

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, Girl games, Jumprope

I remember Miss Mary Mack:…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 22, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014

I remember Miss Mary Mack: Miss Mary Mack, Mack, Mack, All dressed in black, black, black, She asked her mother, mother, mother, For fifty cents, cents, cents, To see the elephants, elephants, elephants, Jump over the fence, fence, fence, They never came back, back, back, Till The Fouth of July, Ly, Ly. There was another verse which escapes me, anyone remember it?

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, Girl games, Jumprope

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