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I grew up in southern CA….

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on September 30, 2010 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
Original author: Janet Miller
 

I grew up in southern CA. We called the game hopscotch & the marker a lagger. As we took turns, they would stay in the various squares and you would have to skip over those squares.

Posted in Girl games, Hopscotch | Tagged I grew up...

Can anyone provide me with…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 18, 2009 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Peg [e-mail]
 

Can anyone provide me with a grid (10 numbers)for hopscotch?

Posted in Girl games, Hopscotch

udy Callahan: I was looking…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 26, 2008 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Jean Anderson [e-mail]
 

udy Callahan: I was looking for someone that played “Potsy’. Have you learned anything more about how to play? I am putting together a book of GRandma’s Games for the young people to get them into activities that will give tham an opportunity to get some exersize and interact with their peers. I played it as an elementary student and it was my favorite game of marbles.

Posted in Hopscotch, Marbles, Other Games | Tagged potsy

I just finished telling a…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 1, 2008 by Streetplay DiscussionsFebruary 16, 2019
Original author: Howard Osorio [e-mail]
 

I just finished telling a story about the game to my goddaugter and her cousin. They had a hopscotch board drawn on the driveway. I tried a search for this game many years ago but no luck because I wasn’t sure about the real name. I got lucky today by searching for street games. I thought we used to call it scalesies or loadies. It was painted in most of the project parks. I played all over TAFT, and Foster projects when I was a kid. I lived right in 1694 Madison Ave. I used to go to different bodegas just to find multi-colored poker chips to make caps. I used bubble gum after chewing out all of the sugar. My nickname was Howslinger

Posted in Hopscotch, Skully | Tagged "The Projects", loadies

when playing hopscotch the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 18, 2008 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: kate
 

when playing hopscotch the stone we used was called a potsy. I come from Staten Island ny and played in the forties and fifties.

Posted in Girl games, Hopscotch | Tagged potsy

I used to play Potsy in about…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on January 13, 2008 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Judy Callaghan
 

I used to play Potsy in about the 3rd grade – a long time ago – on the playground. We would dig one hole in the center and 4 holes on the corners, probably 2 feet apart. I don’t remember the rules and would really like to know so I can teach my grandchildren. I was really good and used to win the boy’s marbles all the time! Thanks to anyone that can help me. Judy

Posted in Hopscotch, Marbles, Other Games | Tagged potsy

I grew up in the South Beach…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on December 7, 2007 by Streetplay DiscussionsMay 9, 2019
Original author: Maryfinn [e-mail]
 

I grew up in the South Beach projects on Staten Island in the 70’s. We played skully every single summer day. Got soda bottle caps with the crowns, melted our crayolas with matches or on the radiators in our buildings (pronounced rad E a tors, not raid). We always put pennies in the bottom for weight and because we grew up in the projects the skully board was actually official and painted (just like the hopscotch board). Growing up in NYC during this time was just phenomenal, we played what we called “caw, caw A ringalerio” every summer night. I have not heard anyone else call this “caw, caw” which is what we called it for short, anyone else ever hear it referred to like that? Live in California now and feel bad for kids growing up now without all these fantastic city games – anyone remember “errors” or “assball”. We were quite inventive! Thanks for the memories, Mary Finn

Posted in Hopscotch, Skully | Tagged "The Projects", I grew up..., Summer

The game described as Hop…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on July 4, 2007 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Phyllis Krebs
 

The game described as Hop Scotch we called Potsie. We played Hop Scotch on a grid of six boxes one above the other. Each box was the width of a sidewalk box. The idea was the same as Hop Scotch, but you had to hop the whole course. (No two feet down at any time). You turned around in the home box still hopping and picked up your “potsie” on the way back.

Posted in Hopscotch, Other Games | Tagged potsy

That sounds like a fun one!…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on October 17, 2006 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Tammy Bell
 

That sounds like a fun one! I’ve never heard of anything like that one. I need help remembering the layout of one. It was made up of 10 squares – like an enclosed tic-tac-toe board with an extra square on the top right hand side. The squares were numbered 10-20 and so on through 100. I remember that 10 was the center square and 20 was top left, with 100 as the extra square. Can anyone help me with this – i’d like to teach it to my daughter!!

Posted in Girl games, Hopscotch

you call the marker a lola…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 18, 2006 by Streetplay DiscussionsApril 18, 2006
Original author: anika
 

you call the marker a lola in my village

Posted in Girl games, Hopscotch

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