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daisy

Tue, Feb 07 2006, 10:21 am

Motek wrote:

Rochel Leah wrote:

Goomi ( chinese jumprope)

we called it "ching-chong"

we called it goomi too

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table hockey we called "knock-hockey" (I liked it!)

is this air hockey?

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what's four corners? four girls on four corners of a sidewalk box? that had another name too, didn't it?

I think we called it "four square" don't remember how to play it, though

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what's "fruit basket" Tefila - rings a bell, can't think of what it is

the way we played it: when everyone is assigned a different fruit and someone in the middle calls the name of a fruit, the people with that fruit have to switch seats while the middle person tries to get a seat in the meantime. If the person calls "fruit basket" everyone has to switch seats. Popular bnos game. Also played with a shabbos theme.

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and how do you play frozen statues?

someone sings, everyone runs around until the singing stops, everyone freezes, first person to move is out?

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* remember in Bnos playing, "I Went On a Trip to Israel and in my Suitcase I took ..."

yes

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Card Games like:
*War
*Spit (a favorite!)
*building houses out of cards

spit was definitely a favorite!

Motek

Tue, Feb 07 2006, 12:01 pm

daisy wrote:

table hockey we called "knock-hockey" (I liked it!)

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is this air hockey?

no, or maybe I should say, not when I played it many decades ago ...

thanks for fruit basket info.

anybody else answering the other questions?

Crayon210

Tue, Feb 07 2006, 12:50 pm

We played fruit basket as "Chulent" -- each person was either meat, beans, or potatoes, and when the person called "Chulent" everyone had to change places.

Four square is also called boxball. The boxes are numbered 1-4 and four is where you enter, one is where you serve...you bounce the ball from box to box and if you bounce it out or let it bounce twice, you're out and a new person comes in and the positions shift...it was really fun! I don't know why but it was super popular!

Purple Hug Bunny

Thu, Feb 09 2006, 5:08 am

I don't know if were talking about the same game here but we called it sholom aleichem boxes

one kid in each corner, the fifth one was it.. and was in the middle and 2 ppl have to try to switch places while the person who is it.. has to try to catch one of their places.. if she catches s/ones place, that person is it.

Motek

Sun, Feb 12 2006, 10:34 am

SevenSenses wrote:

one kid in each corner, the fifth one was it.. and was in the middle and 2 ppl have to try to switch places while the person who is it.. has to try to catch one of their places.. if she catches s/ones place, that person is it.

that's what I remember too

reminded myself of another game - Ghost

taking turns adding a letter, person who finishes a 5 letter word is out

Motek

Sun, Feb 26 2006, 6:10 pm

there were a bunch of games or maybe games is not exactly the right word for things we did with each other's arm (sounds weird, I know) besides Indian burns

remember any of them? they involved telling a story and doing ???

Crayon210

Sun, Feb 26 2006, 6:29 pm

Yes...one with a rug that you keep putting down and tearing up again, until you have a red carpet. :-D

didan

Sun, Feb 26 2006, 7:03 pm

B"H

Motek wrote:

Rochel Leah wrote:

Goomi ( chinese jumprope)

we called it "ching-chong"

but I've noticed that the game has changed from our day Confused

I'm not sure whose day you're referring to here, but I'm __ years younger than you and the game sure has changed from when I played it! I get so confused watching kids play:)

SevenSenses wrote:

We simply called it "corners".

Motek

Sun, Feb 26 2006, 7:14 pm

there was also trading stationery

playing "cat's cradle" - you know the game with the string around your fingers

didan

Sun, Feb 26 2006, 7:25 pm

B"H

Motek wrote:

there was also trading stationery

and stickers.

Motek

Sun, Feb 26 2006, 7:26 pm

not in MY day

it was stationery and the best kind to have was Betsy Clark

Crayon210

Sun, Feb 26 2006, 7:30 pm

That's so interesting, I have never heard of that.

When I was little it was stickers, and the best kinds to have were "oilies" or "sparklies".

Motek

Sun, Feb 26 2006, 8:55 pm

Crayon210 wrote:

That's so interesting, I have never heard of that.

When I was little it was stickers, and the best kinds to have were "oilies" or "sparklies".

different generation Wink

ny21

Mon, Mar 26 2007, 11:26 am

MAchanayim

another one is a Isreali Jacks game
where you throw five gold boxes.

and we used to jump rump to the tune of J AND J is chalov yisroel
when I used to go o Bais YAAckov in ny.

we used to sing
we are the girls of bais yaackov the ones you hear so much about
eveRyone looks a us whenever we go out
we are noticed for our frumkeit and all the things we do.

happy2beme

Mon, Mar 26 2007, 11:44 am

wow, I've never seen this thread b4- I loved all those games!!!!!

thanks for the good memories Smile

greenfire

Mon, Mar 26 2007, 12:52 pm

that is so funny just this morning I was telling one of my dd about the "birdie birdie through my window" circle game - just cause I threw a piece of bread out the window and it landed on the sill ... reminded me of game ... she never heard of it ...

I also used to play "batman & robin" or "cops & robbers" ... Wink

so what I'm a tomboy .... whacha gonna do ...

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