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I don't remember the rules for British Bulldog at all, which I've always been sad about, but I remember Red Rover very clearly. You form two long lines, holding hands, then team A chant 'Red Rover, Red Rover, let (insert name on team B) come over'. The person picked has to charge at full pelt at team A's line, specifically at which ever link she thinks is weakest, because her objective is to break through it. If she can't break through it, then she has to join team A. The game is won when all but one person is on one line.

Incidentally, did you have Kitpost? Probably a corruption of Kickpost, I think, I guess people used to kick the post to be safe. It was like It, but much cooler because it involved sneaking around in the woods trying to creep up on the Kitpost. One person (who is 'it') has to guard the kitpost, while the others try to reach it in order to be safe for the next round. The person guarding catches people by spotting them and calling out their name and where they are, but she has to be touching the kitpost in order to do so. They're then out for the round and go and hold onto the post. And the next person caught hangs on to them, etc, so that as time goes on others have a better chance of reaching the post because they can touch the end of the chain instead of the post. And whoever is spotted first is it next time. I loved that game.

Polio rings a bell, but I can't think why.

Then there was Mother May I, which just sucked.