Ah yes, I think we did have Polio. Mother May I is vaguely similar, but so much more boring. 'Mother' stands at one wall, back to the others. The others line up against the other wall. Mother calls out criteria and actions, eg 'anyone wearing red take two steps forwards'. The person who reaches her wall first wins, the furthest back is Mother for the next round. That's the basics though at some point people called out 'Mother may I', and I forget the details. As I said, it was very dull.
British Bulldog got banned at our school as well: we used to play it on the hard tennis court, so not only did it really hurt when you fell, but there was a good long run up and so contact was made at great speed. It was very violent. I loved it. As I recall you had to do more than touch someone, you had to actually grab them and stop them running on, in practice jumping on them and pinning them to the ground!
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Date: 2003-03-25 07:46 am (UTC)British Bulldog got banned at our school as well: we used to play it on the hard tennis court, so not only did it really hurt when you fell, but there was a good long run up and so contact was made at great speed. It was very violent. I loved it. As I recall you had to do more than touch someone, you had to actually grab them and stop them running on, in practice jumping on them and pinning them to the ground!