Ludo, tiddley winks ... remember the old games ?

[jensquest]

I love this thread, its reinded me of games we used to play.

we also used to put a tennis ball in the leg of a pair of tights and stand against a wall with our legs apart and swing the ball over our shoulders and between our legs to bang against the wall - now that WAS a pointless one.

Outside on the street, we used to draw a box on the road, the size depended on how many played it, and you had to slowly ride your bike avoiding everyone else and not putting your foot on the floor. You rode as close to someone else as possible to make them lose their balance so they would be out. As more and more were out, the box would get smaller and smaller until it was about 2 meters square with two of you in it. You were also Out if you went out of the box. We called this swervey, and it was actually harder than you think. I was the only girl that used to play with about 6 boys!!   

[DrElaine]

Our version of "I'm a little Girl Guide all dressed in blue" (Dublin in the 1960s) was

I'm a little Girl Guide all dressed in blue
These are the actions that I have to do
Salute to my master
Bow to the queen
And run around the corner
To buy an icecream (at this point, one jumped out of the rope, ran around the back of one of the girls twirling the rope and jumped back in)

There was also another ditty for several girls skipping together on a long rope
All in together girls
This fine weather girls
When we count six
Do your best splits
One, two, three, four, five, six (at which point all the girls had to jump up and come down with one leg on either side of the rope)
Salute the King

There seemed to be some 'magical' sign each year to bring out the skipping ropes, and other games also had their seasons.

[Musicman]

Jump the poles

. . . wouldn't be allowed today - politically incorrect.  As is another one we used to pursue . . . . dyke jumping.

Not a game – but something we did on, I think, 1st May – you dressed up (usually something like your father’s cap), and went around singing “Climbing up the wall, knocking down the spiders”.  Can’t remember the words, but think it could have ended: “Then we’ll have a rare old stew”.  It may have been a local thing; but the spiders definitely weren’t the impsy-wimpsy ones!

john

[cheshiremog]

Our skipping ryhme went (in Torquay)

Jelly on the plate
Jely on the Plate
Wibble,wobble,wibbble, wobble
Jelly on the Plate

Sausage on the Floor
Sausage on the Floor
Pick it up, Pick it up
Sausage on the Floor

[ludovica]

LOL I thought this thread was addressed to me for a moment!

[arkay]

I loved Kick the Can, Hopscotch, 1,2,3 O'Leary, Ludo, Monopoly(for hours on end) and my friend's electric train set.  Oh, the memories!

Do you remember "Beetle"?  All you needed was paper, pencil and one dice.  You had to throw a 1 to draw the body, 2 for the head, 3 for the eyes, etc.  My mum used to draw the most glamorous beetles with long curly eyelashes, jewelry and high heeled shoes! 

Arkay

[suzard]

When we played Beetle it was 6 for a body, 5 for a head -nothing else could be added until you had a body and head, then 4 for a tongue, 3 for each feeler, 2 for each eye and 1 for each leg.

Still do beetle drives for the kids -and they love it

Suz