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See-saws —These are found on playgrounds and
gym sets today. Ours were the home made type.
They were made from a plank about eight to ten feet
long, laid across a block of wood or balanced on a
saw horse.
Sidewalk skating—Skates were a hot Christmas
item. After school, kids would gather on Main
Street to skate on the only paved sidewalks. Long
trains were made by holding each other around the
waist. You alw ays went hom e with a skinned knee
or elbow. <

Bouncing boards—A trampoline cannot hold a
candle to the danger and thrill of a bouncing board.
You take a long, wide board, about 12 feet long,
place it across a large block of wood. One girl stood
on each end of the board. The girls jumped on the
end of the board and the other girl would go up in
the air and when she cam e down to land on the
board, the other girl would go up in the air. The
harder you hit the board com ing down, the higher
the other person would go. N eedless to say, the one
coming down did not always land on the board.
Dangerous, you bet!

Tick a lock, untick a lock?

W hatever happened to clim bing trees?

picku g , f |.)errjCS w ithout seeing a snake or
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the rule.
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and candy filled basket„ X “ ^ t S e t was for

gracious’custom , som eh ov^ alon g th e w a j ^ u t

. u linger as we welcom e in the
; memories still lingei
anth of May.
Picking Violets. Making a Daisy Chain. Pet
FlCk\ g n e i0ves me, he loves me not. Spitting

, 4 ivirt v usually meant that both
Party games—A a y The night parties in
oysand girls would everyone knew
arly years started ^ * 3 * 1 o’clock,
hat when the train J^m enm le.
t was tim e to go home. Fenny penny £ ^ Conse.

’Pin the ^ C'coffeeCPot. Candy Pulling. Peanut
S W einc^roasts. Fruit Basket turn over.

This was known as the “Good Old Days”!