Egga Or EggerThis game needed a tennis ball in order to play. As usual the one to be ‘it’ was picked by ‘dipping’. The person who was 'it' would give the rest of the group a subject to choose a name from. The group then huddled together and chose names from the given subject. If the choice was colours then one would pick blue, another red, and so on. One person would then recite all the chosen colours to the one who was ‘it’. They then threw the ball high into the air against the wall shouting out loud one of the colours given to them. Whoever had chosen that colour had to retrieve the ball while the others ran away. As soon as they caught it they shouted “Egga”, and everyone had to stand still. The person with the ball was then allowed three giant steps towards any one of the others, and threw the ball to hit them, making them ‘it’ and the whole cycle started again.
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MarblesEveryone had marbles (people tell me I’ve lost mine now!). I don’t know why, they just did. I know that there are many variations of this game still played today but ours was just a simple hit and take version. The first person rolled their marble then the second rolled theirs after it to try and hit it. Alternate turns were taken by each player until one hit the others. That marble then became their property. This could sometimes take ages and it has been known to go right around the block once they had rolled into the gutter. The other version we played was against the wall. This was similar to ‘flickers’ described below. I've also seen it played in a circle with different rules.
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