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Saturday 10 September 2011

Glesga Games


Do we all remember the good old games that we played during our childhood.......

Chap Door Runaway - Explains itself really

Chichamellae - Sticking a wee penny oan to a bottom flat window at night while attached to a long bit of string,then hiding in the long grass and pulling the string to annoy the occupants who cannae see the wee penny and are perplexed at the tapping......Great Fun

One Or Two Man Hunt - Getting chased by either one or two bodies.

Kick The Can - A chasing game.

Moshie - A game of skill involving two coins.

Jawries - A game of marbles or bulls,remember the luckies.

Wee Shops - Playing at a pretend shop.

Doctors and Nurses - A game of experimentation

Truth,Dare,Double Dare,Promise,Command Or Opinion - A favourite among muckers.

Beds - Peaver,a hopping game mainly played by girls.

Five Stanes - A game of chance and some skill that involved using 5 stones as the components.

Pea Shooters - A small wee tube or straw that a pea is placed intae and then fired with the sole purpose of taking a muckers eye oot.

Spud Guns - The proverbial Tatty Gun.

Rocket Banger - a wee rocket that you put bangers in and threw up in the air,when it hit the ground it banged...It came free wae comics

Spin TheBottle - A game of chance.

Whoper - A device that you got free from a comic and,that went snap when used.

Balls - Throwing baws against a wall and catching them...mainly played by girls.

Push Halfpenny - A tabletop game of football played with a halfpenny and two Pennies,a comb or a finger was used tae push the penny into the half penny and into the goal...A forerunner tae Subbuteo.

Blow Football - A tabletop game involving straws to blow a wee bit of rolled up paper intae a set of goals.



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