Do you remember some of your childhood games
@littlefranciscan (18327)
United States
April 16, 2007 6:32am CST
I remember when we were little playing : "London Bridge" "Red light, green light" "Mother May I " and "Tag" Do you remember some of your childhood games you use to play..
I don't know if these games are popular with children these days with computers and videos;)+
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@oriental (1050)
• Uruguay
17 Apr 07
In South America the names of the games are different, but I think "Martín Pescador" is in the style of "London Bridge". Other games are "Rayuela", "la Mancha", la "Escondida" and so on. I'm writing in present tense, but I'd better ask my child if he still plays them with his friends.
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@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
18 Apr 07
I remember when I spent some time in Portugal they played a game called "valha pescadora" They also played some game and danced to a song "eu louvarei" I don't know if my speling is quite right on it..:)+
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@oriental (1050)
• Uruguay
18 Apr 07
I think Martín Pescador and Valha Pescadoura probably are the same game. In Martín Pescador children walking in single file stop at a check point formed by two other children that make a barrier with their arms. The first in the row asks: "¿Martín Pescador: nos dejará pasar" (Kingfisher: will you allow us to pass?). And one of the children at the check point answers: "Pasará, pasará, pero el último quedará" (You will pass, you will pass, but the last one will stay here).
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@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
18 Apr 07
Yes I understood the spanish well..I studied spanish 7 years in School and then of course picked up the Portuguese while in Portugal:)+
@disvachic (10117)
• United States
18 Apr 07
Oh yes I remember all of those and I use to love playing hopscotch and Hide and Seek to.My kids play redlight greenlight,and hide and seek sometimes.
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@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
18 Apr 07
You mean there are actually still some children that play "red light, green light" How wonderful that is. .It's like music to my ears;)+
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@kgwat70 (13387)
• United States
17 Apr 07
I am trying to remember some of the games that I used to play when I was younger. I remember jump rope, hopskotch, tag, hide and go seek, pin the tail on the donkey, chutes and ladders and London Bridge. I remember playing those games when I was younger as well as spin the bottle. :-)
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@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
17 Apr 07
You played jumprope Ken? Wow..I remember spin the bottle..Back then we were always afraid the bottle would land on us. We had to kiss the person the bottle point landed on..When you are kids you know how yucky that can be;)+
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@creativedreamweaver (7297)
• United States
16 Apr 07
I remember all those. I loved them. I think children now, need to be taught these games and encouraged to put down the video control and get outside in the fresh air. We used to play "Red Rover", that was my favorite. I also enjoyed Cartoon Tag. Another great on I just thought of was "Four Square". Wow, thanks for some neat memories there littlefranciscan.
@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
16 Apr 07
Ah, your welcome. I remember 4 square too and dodgeball;) I never heard of "cartoon tag" .. What is that? :)+
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@browneyedgirl (1264)
• United States
17 Apr 07
I'm almost afraid to say it; but I've actually had my kids and my nieces and nephews look at me like I was from another planet when I tried to introduce them to some of the games we used to play. I remember Red Rover, dodge-ball, Mother may I- - And I remember superheroes flying around the block on roller skates and bicycles-instead of on the gameboy. LOL
@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
17 Apr 07
Yes, "those were the days my friend, we thought they's never end" so goes the song and the years of innocence and simple play;)+
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@Melody1 (967)
• India
16 Apr 07
Woho!!A trip down the memory lane.I love it so!!
I remember some of my childhood games which involved lot of physical activity.
I remember when we were little playing:"I sent a letter" "Ringa ringa roses" "dog and the bone" and "bandage",the naughtiest of them all.Lol.
@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
16 Apr 07
Yeah...I remember ring around the rosies..as we sang it;) Never hear of "dog and a bone" or "bandage". How do you play those two?:)+
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@Melody1 (967)
• India
18 Apr 07
Dog and the bone is quite a comon game here.There are two teams standing at some distance facing each other.At the centre any object{kerchief,a small piece of wood,(a real bone,lol kidding!) etc)}is kept.At a given time,one player each from both teams have to come forward,hovering around the placed object and then one of them quickly picks it up and runs back to her team.The team which gets the 'bone' maximum number of times is the winner.
As for "bandage" Lol,thinking back now I feel it was quite an outrageous game!!You've asked and I'm daringly mentioning how we played it.
mmmm..errrr..phew..ok..Well,this game required us to protect our B**T by covering it with both our palms behind and were not supposed to turn our back towards any player,and if one did,he/she got spanked.
A totally senseless game but immensely enjoyed by the little kids then.That's the reason i still remember it.:P
