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I, too, grew up in East…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 18, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
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I, too, grew up in East New York in the 50s. And I certainly remember A my name is Alice…. I’m trying to teach it to my daughter but it just doesn’t work with the large beach balls. Where are those pinky balls anyway? Other girl games I remember involved jumping rope. I recall that I was VERY good at double dutch. It was alot of fun. Double dutch involved two girls at the opposite end of two jump ropes – one rope in each hand, each rope sort of crossing over each other. The jumper would have to start in one of the corners and jump really quickly over each rope as it landed and flew up off the ground. This is too difficult to explain but very easy to do. What great memories.

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, Girl games | Tagged "A My Name Is Alice...", Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types

Ellen: Keep Trying!!!!…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 18, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsApril 18, 1999
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Ellen: Keep Trying!!!! 😉

Posted in Girl games, Jumprope

Lizgui… Thank…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 18, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsApril 18, 1999
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Lizgui… Thank You!!! I couldn’t remember the name of a favorite game I used to play. It was “Concentration!”. Girls names,(as you said), names of flowers, names of boys (of course!) and anything else we could think of. It was so much fun thinking of things to name! Thank you for bringing that back! 😉

Posted in Girl games | Tagged word games

We used to play that in…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 18, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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We used to play that in South Brooklyn in the mid to late 60s. I used to love it!! Thanks for the memory.

Posted in Brooklyn, Clap and Rhyme, Girl games

How about “Concentration”…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 18, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsMay 9, 2019
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How about “Concentration” The hand movements were two pats to each knee [while sitting cross legged on the floor], 2 claps, and then snap your fingers on each hand once. You kept repeating this movement while singing the verse. “Concentration . . . name of . . . GIRLS . . . starting with . . . A” Everyone sat in a circle and it went around the circle, every person doing the next letter in the alphabet. It went on and on until someone messed up, and then you would start all over again The subject [word in Caps above] could be anything you wanted, and you could start with any letter of the alphabet. Great way to kill time on a summer’s day until they opened up the johnny pump!!!

Posted in Girl games | Tagged johnny pump, Summer, word games

At the age of 48, I am still…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 18, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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At the age of 48, I am still ashamed at my inability to jump Double Dutch as a kid growing up in Brooklyn!

Posted in Brooklyn, Girl games, Jumprope

Growing up in the East New…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 18, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsDecember 4, 2019
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Growing up in the East New York section of Brooklyn in the ’50s and ’60s meant being out on the sidewalk after school and during the summer. One of the games that we girls played with a bouncing pink rubber ball; either a Spauldeen or Pensy Pinky, entailed crossing your leg over the ball as you “sang” verses that had changed names, places and products based on the letters of the alphabet. We started with: A my name is…….. And my husband’s name is……… We come from………… And we sell………… It went on as long as you didn’t miss crossing over the ball. We competed to see who could go through the whole alphabet with a mistake or repeating someone else’s choices. Lots of giggles accompanied this game as the choices narrowed and became more difficult. The letter “Q” was always a tough one. Ellen Grove

Posted in Brooklyn, Clap and Rhyme, Girl games | Tagged Pennsy Pinkie, spaldeen types, Summer

One-zees! Two-zees! Three-zies!…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 17, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsApril 17, 1999
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One-zees! Two-zees! Three-zies! Jacks was a game that could go on for hours. Ten Jacks came in a little net bag with a red rubber ball. The Jacks were different colors, and either metal or plastic. Holding the Jacks and the ball in the same hand, the person chosen to start the game,would shout “One-zees!”, and in one swift move, she had to throw the ball up in the air, place the jacks on the floor, and catch the ball on it’s downward spiral with the same hand. The next step was to throw the ball up into the air, but this time pick up one jack at a time while catching the ball too … If you dropped a jack, dropped the ball, or moved a jack while “picking up” another, you lost your turn. The pattern continued all the way up to “Ten-zees” … The person who picked up all ten jacks, won the game … 😉

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To Jeanne … Thanks…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 15, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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To Jeanne … Thanks for the verse! You jogged my memory … I think Tiny Tim also ate a bar of soap somewhere in there … and … I remembered a little more …. miss Lucy called the doctor o/ \o miss Lucy called the nurse miss Lucy called the lady o/ with the alligator purse … 😉

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, Girl games, Jumprope

For Butterfly…He swam…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on April 15, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 18, 2014
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For Butterfly…He swam to the bottom, he swam to the top…(can’t remember the rest) But here is another line to that little ditty. Ask me no questions I’ll tell you no lies, A man got hit with a bag of ‘shhhhhhh the baby’s sleeping now’.

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, Girl games, Jumprope

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