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Dear all. I’m the administrator…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on December 23, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Thor G. Norås [e-mail]
 

Dear all. I’m the administrator of The Norwegian center for dokumentation of Children Culture in Stavanger Norway. I have read with great interest your messages, most of them are registered in my book “Barnet i liv og lek” (The Child in life and play) published by The Universcity Press in Oslo. My archive copy is datet 1983 the 3rd edition. However, I regret to say that it is not in sale anymore. The ISBN number is 82-00-06394. The melody that are used for En, to, tre, O’Leavy (One, two three O*leavy) are One little, two little, three little Indians, four little, five litle, six little Indian, seven little, eitht little, nine little Indians, ten little Indian boys – men. My name is Alice, my husbands name is Arne etc are used in the same way in Norway. The names are of course Norwegian. Hope this can be of interest for someone?

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How wonderful that these…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on February 22, 2004 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Carolyn T. [e-mail]
 

How wonderful that these games are coming back. I played “A my name is Alice. My husband’s name is Al. We come from Alabama and our product is Ajax.” Also played 1,2,3, O’Leary but in the early 50’s in Washington state, I thought it was “1,2,3, Alarry”. We played “7- Up” with a ball against the wall also. In both these last two ball games there were steps of increasing difficulty. In my memory I think I am getting O’Leary and 7-Up confused. Any hints?

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What a fabulous site. I…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on August 10, 2003 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: pbronstein
 

What a fabulous site. I was just talking to a couple of friends about A my name is Alice and my husband’s name is Al etc. A friend from the next generation (she’s almost 42 so about 16 years younger than me) said she left out the husband. She said A my name is Alice, I come from America, etc.

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I grew up in the Inwood…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 25, 2001 by Streetplay DiscussionsMarch 24, 2019
Original author: R. Stein
 

I grew up in the Inwood section of upper Manhattan. One of the things only girls did with spaldeens was to bounce the ball while chanting certain rhymes, turning one leg over the bouncing ball on certain words. One of the rhymes went something like: Oliver Twist, can’t do this, touch his knee, touch his toe, (something something…) and over we go. You turned over on Twist, this and go. You’d touch your knee and toe where indicated. I can’t remember one of the lines. After you did this, you’d start all over, but this time you’d do everything twice: Oliver Twist Twist, etc. You’d go up until you gave up or got bored. Another bouncing game was A My Name Is Alice. You’d go through the alphabet: A my name is Alice, and my husband’s name is Al, and I come from Alabama, and I sell apples. Does anyone remember these games?

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, Girl games, Manhattan | Tagged "A My Name Is Alice...", Does anyone remember..., I grew up..., Inwood

Just spent the weekend with…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on May 1, 2000 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
Original author: Susan Schultz [e-mail]
 

Just spent the weekend with our granddaughters and tried to teach them Russian ball (as we called it in North Philly.) I could remember – onsies- no bounce, twosies – one bounce, threesies – clap before catching, foursies – rolly/polly, fivesies – throw ball from under your raised leg. From there I remember one was to turn around, another was to clap hands front and back but there are still three missing. Does anyone remember all ten? Another question. Did anyone play advanced A my name is Alice? I.e., ten A’s?

Posted in Clap and Rhyme, Girl games, Other Spaldeen games, Philadelphia, Spaldeen games | Tagged "A My Name Is Alice...", Does anyone remember..., Russian 7/10/12 (the game)

Leda, I remember Stories!…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on November 5, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
Original author: Ronne [e-mail]
 

Leda, I remember Stories! Of course I remember A my name is Alice, but it would sometimes get boring (we never seemed to make it past L or M), so we’d play Stories instead. I loved it because it gave you such scope for making things up–and showing your prowess at double and triple turnovers. I haven’t encountered too many other people who remember this game, so it’s nice to share the memories. (I grew up on Dahill Road, between Kings Highway and Quentin Road, in the Gravesend section…)

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What a trip down memory…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on November 1, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
Original author: Leda Favale [e-mail]
 

What a trip down memory lane…thanks gals. Does anyone remember “Stories”? There was one for every letter of the alphabet….something like this: One day just as I was about to approach my Aunt Anita’s adorable astonishing apartment house, etc.The movement was similar to that of A my name is Alice but there were multiple turns. It’s amazing how I can’t tell you what I ate yesterday but I can recall almost eevery story for every letter!

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In the early days in Sunnyside,…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 27, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsNovember 19, 2014
Original author: menchette
 

In the early days in Sunnyside, Queens, when we were kids, we didn’t have a lot of space to run around in our little courtyard. Our ball games were usually against a brick wall or on concrete pavement. All the boys and girls played together – running bases, stick and boxball, single-double-triple, etc. Of course the girls did the A My Name is Alice thing, and we also played Hit the Ball on the Penny. For all these games, the ball of choice was almost always a Spaldeen. They had a good feel and a good bounce – and, as I recall, a good smell when they were brand new (that didn’t last long, maybe two paces out of the store and that was it…)

Posted in Boxball, Clap and Rhyme, Other Spaldeen games, Queens, Spaldeen games | Tagged "A My Name Is Alice...", running bases, spaldeen types

We got a Spaldeen at the…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 25, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: Tigs3
 

We got a Spaldeen at the Back to Brooklyn Festival and started teaching our daughter how to bounce a ball. She’s seven and new at this. She’s learning A my name is Alice. We’re looking forward to her getting to the Bs.

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Pensie Pinkey is a woman’s…

Streetplay Discussion Archive Posted on June 13, 1999 by Streetplay DiscussionsOctober 20, 2014
Original author: butirfli
 

Pensie Pinkey is a woman’s ball! Try “A my name is Alice” with a Spaldeen! ; )

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

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