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Thread #56361   Message #881529
Posted By: Les from Hull
03-Feb-03 - 01:55 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Skipping Rhymes & Playground Games
Subject: RE: Folklore: Skipping Rhymes & Playground Games
Yes, legging down - a Hull speciality. You had to notice the change from April Fool jokes (only valid in the morning) to legging down in the afternoon. It was certainly not the 'done thing' to do the opposite.

We had 'anybody in the road gets a BIG KICK'.

Games - we played block, and eggity budge mainly.

One word (apparently from East Hull only) was chudding, which other kids would call scrumping (stealing apples). Skipping off school is still called 'twagging'.