LL-L "Lexicon" 2004.09.14 (03) [E]

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From: Thomas <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
Subject: LL-L "Lexicon" 2004.09.13 (12) [E]

Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org> wrote
> But one of the hopscotch-like games we played we called "Kick the
> Can", never "Kick the Tin". The "can" in this game was flat an round -
> usually a shoe polish tin filled with dirt. Perhaps the phrase "Kick the
> Can" was originally preferred merely for the alliteration.
In Edinburgh this was a search and catch type game like Aleevoy.
The can was a standard one used empty  and the game started when one player
threw it as far as he could. As the catcher ran to collect it the rest ran
off and hid. Catcher placed the can upright then weny searching for his pals
and when he found one they had to return with him and stand in The Den. Game
ended when all were caught BUT players would try slinking up to kick the can
as far away as possible. If Catcher saw one he'd run up fast and try tagging
him, but once the can was kicked away all captives ran free to hide again.
Great noisy game adults deplored.
We called the game with the flat tin "Peevers" or "Peevery Beds".
Regards
Tom
Tom Mc Rae PSOC
Brisbane Australia
"The masonnis suld mak housis stark and rude,
To keep the pepill frome the stormes strang,
And he that fals, the craft it gois all wrang."
>>From 15th century Scots Poem 'The Buke of the Chess'

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