The Names of The Games

  The Names of The Games

By Paul McCann

Playing two balls against a brick wall with balls bouncing back

Some could play three balls and sing along for the craic .

Some would give you a wrist rub , others a knuckle rap .

It was all part of the fun in Ardoyne growing up .

I remember playing tiggy, metal or off  ground

Hide and seek and you’d have to see who couldn’t be found .

Forum bar swinging , kick the tin , making stories up .

Leapfrog , piggy back fights , playing marlies in the muck .

Thunder and lightning or rap the doors it was good fun

you ran like hell it but must have been frightening for some.

Skipping two ropes , German elastic . playing two balls ,

Dabs , stick in the mud , handball against the forum walls

Red rover you called someone over to be with you .

Who’s got the ball , ask Quennio, but she never knew .

Cops and robbers and rallio , one two three red lights .

Cowboys and Indians were always getting into fights.

Rounders and Kribby ,  spin the bottle and run catch kiss

Pussy in the four corners , no one had fun like this .

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