Playground games

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Sun 11 Jul, 2010 11:29 am

Releas-io or Relievo or Releesha as mentioned upthread - what were the rules? Other games: The Farmer's in his DenIn and out the shading bluebellsMay I?StatuesThe big ship sails on the alley alley-o

jim · Post by **jim** » Sun 11 Jul, 2010 1:33 pm

Relievo - basically a "tigs" ( or "tag" ) variant. The object is for whoever is "it" to tig all the other players. Tigged players retire to the home or den, a designated holding area. If a player not yet tigged manages to enter the holding area, all previous captives are released. The game can go on interminably and is the source of much falling out. These are the basic principles, but there were many local variants and alternative rules ( which led to even more falling out! ).

weenie · Post by **weenie** » Sun 11 Jul, 2010 2:44 pm

i use to play in 80's British bulldogs (got banned though ) Kit can and hop itPegsfarmer farmerreleasiohop scotchkirbywemblyone touch hot rice we also played marbles on the grates postman knockand various of clapping games with a partner singing claping songs

Si · Post by Si » Mon 12 Jul, 2010 10:52 am

jim wrote: Relievo - basically a "tigs" ( or "tag" ) variant. The object is for whoever is "it" to tig all the other players. Tigged players retire to the home or den, a designated holding area. If a player not yet tigged manages to enter the holding area, all previous captives are released. The game can go on interminably and is the source of much falling out. These are the basic principles, but there were many local variants and alternative rules ( which led to even more falling out! ). The version of Relievo we played incorporated hide-and-seek. The person who was "it" leant against a telegraph pole (the designated "base"), closed his eyes and counted to 49 (don't know why - we called the game Relievo Forty Nine) while the others hid. "It" had to find and "tig" them, while they tried to run to the base.

Treadstone71 · Post by **Treadstone71** » Mon 12 Jul, 2010 12:17 pm

Hot Rice - The name rings a bell and im sure we played it at school in the late eighties (Thornhill Middle).Was it the one with a tennis ball played in a rectangle by about 20 kids, slowly getting knocked out by having the ball kicked passed you at lightening speed, your only hope of survival was taking a hit and vollying it back in some other poor souls direction. Think you got one chance to survive (yellow carded) before being knocked out (red carded) and I seem to remember if it was close that you could have stopped the ball then someone shouted 50/50 and you played on. Or am i getting confused with something else.

tilly · Post by **tilly** » Mon 12 Jul, 2010 12:53 pm

Si wrote: jim wrote: Relievo - basically a "tigs" ( or "tag" ) variant. The object is for whoever is "it" to tig all the other players. Tigged players retire to the home or den, a designated holding area. If a player not yet tigged manages to enter the holding area, all previous captives are released. The game can go on interminably and is the source of much falling out. These are the basic principles, but there were many local variants and alternative rules ( which led to even more falling out! ). The version of Relievo we played incorporated hide-and-seek. The person who was "it" leant against a telegraph pole (the designated "base"), closed his eyes and counted to 49 (don't know why - we called the game Relievo Forty Nine) while the others hid. "It" had to find and "tig" them, while they tried to run to the base. Hi Si Why do i always want folow this with. My little eye?The game you called Relievo we called Hide and Seek looks like the same rules.

Si · Post by Si » Mon 12 Jul, 2010 2:43 pm

Hi Tilly. Our Relievo 49 was a mix of hide and seek and the version described by Jim.

pashy2 · Post by **pashy2** » Mon 12 Jul, 2010 4:11 pm

HippoThank you. I've tried to explain the so-called leap frog game per orig. photo on other school threads.Late 50s -- Lower Wortley PS - playtime game for the Macho was SHIP & ANCHORThe bloke with his back to the wall was the anchor.His team (max 4) lined up, head up bum. They were the ship.The other team (cargo) had to vault up the the backs of the ship until all there. object: - cargo to crush the spines of the ship.Many sadistic rules involved. could explain laterThis game was totally approved by the despot headmaster Arthur Cox.Later at West Leeds BHS we started the game up again to the approval of the sports teacher,Stan Wilson. It got out of control -puberty violence.I think some of the teachers ( can't say masters ) imagined we were at Eton and its Wall Game.TTFNAndy

jim · Post by **jim** » Mon 12 Jul, 2010 6:47 pm

Hi Pashy 2, I must have preceded you at Lower Wortley and West Leeds ( 1949-52, 1952-56 respectively ) and was surprised to see you found either of Arthur Cox or Stan Wilson despotic or sadistic. I always found them both thoroughly decent blokes - unlike some West Leeds "masters" ( they still wore gowns when I was there ) who appeared to model themselves on the other side in the then recent war.

String o' beads · Post by **String o' beads** » Mon 12 Jul, 2010 7:31 pm

Our version of Hide and Seek [or Hiddy or even 'iddy] was quite different and much simpler than Releasio. 'It' had to count to 100 while everyone else hid. Then the first to be found and tigged became 'it'.