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hillstrider Jul 2018 5:13pm, 9 Jul 2018 5,096 posts	0 hillstrider We used to play "five stones" , or dabs as some called them, in the playground, when I was at Primary School. A similar craze was "Jacks" which was played with a small rubber ball, and metal stars, for want of a better description.
Velociraptor Jul 2018 5:26pm, 9 Jul 2018 38,581 posts	0 Velociraptor Chuckies! During chuckie season, kids who had a set of jacks were everyone's best friend, but trying to find five suitably-shaped stones was an eternal quest.
runnyeyes Jul 2018 5:51pm, 9 Jul 2018 1,381 posts	0 runnyeyes I spent hours playing jacks. Loved that. And marbles on the drain cover at the back of the house.
HellsBells Jul 2018 6:22pm, 9 Jul 2018 24,054 posts	0 HellsBells Jacks, marbles and lastics - a length of white sewing elastic, sown into a loop that 2 people stood in and stretched out whilst a third did skipping and jumping in the middle
Columba Jul 2018 6:40pm, 9 Jul 2018 15,910 posts	0 Columba On a smaller scale, using a loop, there was Cat's Cradle, done on two hands.
hillstrider Jul 2018 7:11pm, 9 Jul 2018 5,098 posts	0 hillstrider I remember doing cats cradle with string. It went from one person to another, who took it off your hands. ☺
hillstrider Jul 2018 7:11pm, 9 Jul 2018 5,099 posts	0 hillstrider I remember doing cats cradle with string. It went from one person to another, who took it off your hands. ☺
Velociraptor Jul 2018 7:51pm, 9 Jul 2018 38,583 posts	0 Velociraptor Our elastics were made of rubber bands daisy-chained together in a loop and called "Chinese ropes".
Sharkie Jul 2018 8:09pm, 9 Jul 2018 13,483 posts	0 Sharkie We called the linked together laccy bands French Skipping.
Lip Gloss Jul 2018 8:24pm, 9 Jul 2018 30,257 posts	0 Lip Gloss So was ours V'rap, or marbles were called dazzies. We also played 'balls' - 2 tennis balls up against the wall whilst reciting rhymes