Children's games in street and playground

Part 1 Starting a game - the preliminaries to a game can be a sport in themselves: avoidance of disliked role - players take action, when a game is proposed, to exempt themselves from starting in the principal role He-names - the name of the player who has a certain power in the game is subject to regional variation selection made by chance - appointment of a player to the disliked role felt to be fairest if made a matter of luck Odd out - a method of deciding who is to take the disliked role by flashing fingers Dipping - the method of determing who shall take the disliked role by counting-out with a verbal formula Dips - examples of the formulas - usually nonsense rhymes or phrases - that are used for counting-out Chinese - the use of gibberish rhymes for counting-out counting fists or feet - players' fists or feet counted-out, rather than their persons participation dips - formulas in which the players being counted-out themselves affect the number of counts. Part 2 Chasing games - games in which a player tries to others who are running freely in a prescribed area: - the basic game in which a player touched by the chaser becomes chaser in his place the language of the - regional variation in the names for Touch-chasing players restricted to particular way of moving chases in a difficult environment Bull - the made with the hands but carried in such a way that they represent something else whacko - made with twisted scarf daddy whacker - made with stick or whip Ball - made with ball Three lives - ball or other object in effect takes the place of the chaser the having noxious effect - French touch - the part of the body where player was touched has to be held until another player has been touched The dreaded lurgi - the - in general play - alleged to be noxious immunity from the - Touchwood, iron, colour, colours - immunity obtained by contact with particular substance or quality Off-ground - immunity obtained by being above level Budge he, twos and threes - immunity obtained transiently by being at particular spot Tom Tiddler's ground - immunity lost when designated area entered Shadow touch - immunity obtained by not having a shadow Three stops and run for ever - immunity obtained through posture proliferation of chasers - Help chase - chaser continues chasing throughout game, and those he touches become chasers with him Chain - as Help chase, but chasers have to link hands while chasing suspence starts - Poison - players do not know whether they are to be chasers or runners Little black man - start is delayed until those to be chased give the word What's the time Mr Wolf?, I'll follow my mother to market John Brown, Dead arise - players do not know when chaser will begin chasing, and suspense is intensified by dramatics. Part contents

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