Why knock down ginger

However, under the Town Police Clauses Act , it is a criminal offence to "wilfully and wantonly disturb any inhabitant, by pulling or ringing any door bell, or knocking at any door" punishable with up to 14 days' imprisonment.

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What does keske mean in slang? What does MOH mean in French? What does MTN mean in French? If you get that ask for more until they get annoyed and close the door on you. The more you get the better your score. You are not allowed to go in and must remain on the doorstep eating and drinking. Years after I used to play it a kid came to the door and did the same thing.

I couldn't believe it. We kept it up while his friends watch with disbelief from someones garden across the road. His name was Wayne I think. Posted by Chris from Surrey - England Knock on the door and stand in the garden as if you were gnomes and stay still, and the first person to run has to knock on the next door Posted by Anon Tie fishing line to the knocker run and hide and pull the line and watch the person come out then pull it again if you dare.

Comment Post Comment. Only ever heard of 'knock down ginger' on TV - that's why I googled it - it's perhaps a posh southern version. We use to tie cotton thread to the door knocker and then tie the other end to the front door on the opposite side of the road. I grew up in Southampton and everyone referred to it as 'knock and run'.

Me and my freind play it lots. In fife, in scotland we called it simply "Chap, Door, Run". Me n my mates were playin last night at like half 8 n my mate calls it gardern noming coz he just lays on the grass wen we nok n the person at the door goes crazy lol Knock Down Ginger was the funniest game ever when I was a kid - I loved it!

My grandad born in told me he and his mates used to tie a thread from one door-knocker to the next in a zigzag pattern down the street. Loved this game. We called it 'Knock and Bolt'. I lived in central hull,and we called it knock "off" ginger, just the slight variation. Knock down ginger does seem to be the most common known. We played this prank long before "Ginger doorways on Council Estates" I'm from Dundee, Scotland.

A name to add to your alternative names listing is Ring-a-bell-scoosh no idea how you spell it though.