To be played on a rectangular thing, eg a playground.
Everyone stands at one end, except the person who is on, who stands in the middle. Person in middle shouts "Bulldog", at which point everyone runs to the other end of the playground. Person in middle tries to catch as many people as possible on the way past. Anyone caught then joins the person in the middle as catchers for the next go.
Winner is the person caught last... of course, it becomes increasingly difficult to run from one end to the other as the number of catchers begins to outnumber the catchees.
The distinction we drew was: Bulldog - you tig someone to catch them British Bulldog - you pick someone up to catch them (we were banned from playing this at school)
I remember the chant from Red Rover, now I know how it works, too :)
Polio:
To be played (for preference) between two close-together walls, but these aren't necessary.
All players form a line against one wall, except the person who is on who stands by the other wall. We'll call the person who is on A for convenience :)
A chooses a category (colours, breeds of dog, countries), and tells the line. Each person in the line chooses a thing from that category, the person on the end of the line relays all the choices A. A then calls one out, and the person who chose that races across to the other wall and back. A also races (in the opposite direction) to the wall and back. The first person back shouts "Polio".
If A wins, they join the line and the loser becomes the person on. If A loses, they must shout out another choice (or the same one again) and race again....
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Date: 2003-03-25 01:13 am (UTC)To be played on a rectangular thing, eg a playground.
Everyone stands at one end, except the person who is on, who stands in the middle.
Person in middle shouts "Bulldog", at which point everyone runs to the other end of the playground.
Person in middle tries to catch as many people as possible on the way past.
Anyone caught then joins the person in the middle as catchers for the next go.
Winner is the person caught last... of course, it becomes increasingly difficult to run from one end to the other as the number of catchers begins to outnumber the catchees.
The distinction we drew was:
Bulldog - you tig someone to catch them
British Bulldog - you pick someone up to catch them (we were banned from playing this at school)
I remember the chant from Red Rover, now I know how it works, too :)
Polio:
To be played (for preference) between two close-together walls, but these aren't necessary.
All players form a line against one wall, except the person who is on who stands by the other wall. We'll call the person who is on A for convenience :)
A chooses a category (colours, breeds of dog, countries), and tells the line. Each person in the line chooses a thing from that category, the person on the end of the line relays all the choices A. A then calls one out, and the person who chose that races across to the other wall and back. A also races (in the opposite direction) to the wall and back. The first person back shouts "Polio".
If A wins, they join the line and the loser becomes the person on. If A loses, they must shout out another choice (or the same one again) and race again....
Mother May I?