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[-] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 years ago

When I was a kid we called it 'knock down ginger'. No idea why. We would just knock and run. Lots of fun. Once or twice we were chased by grown ups. I don't really hear of kids doing it today, probably because everyone has ring cameras or similar things nowadays.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 years ago

it gets its name from the 1967 George McKay Shaw poem

  Ginger, Ginger broke a winder
  Hit the winda – crack!
  The baker came out to give 'im a clout
  And landed on his back.

[-] JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

Oh nice, I learned something new today! Thank you.

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

We called it Nicky-nicky-nine-doors. I've also heard ding-dong-ditch.

[-] solivine@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

I heard it as knock down ninja

[-] FarFarAway@startrek.website 2 points 2 years ago

Yall had fun names. Ours was just ding dong ditch.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe -3 points 2 years ago

The ginger bit was anti-Irish racism from the people who have literally committed genocide multiple times against the Irish.

[-] FarFarAway@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

Well that not fun...jeeze.

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