BARRY YORK RECORDINGS IN THE ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION
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Ted Bull describes 'A game we used to play - the boys - was Saddle-Me-Nag. And Saddle-Me-Nag was a game where one boy would put his hands out against the wall and stoop down so his back was there - and the others would run, and jump on his back. Now of course he could only carry two at the most, you know, so then you'd put another one down. Another one would go down and he'd be joined on to the first one that was down. So therefore you'd have sometimes five or six fellows you know, all down, and you used to run [claps loudly] and try to jump as far as you could and land on them of course, and the horse would collapse and that was Saddle-Me-Nag. And we used to play that for hours, Saddle-Me-Nag, and took turns in going down, took turns you know in seeing how many you could leap you know, you put your hands on the last one and spring off him, you know with your hands up and see how far you could go down - all those things.'
Barry York: 'Where would that be played? In someone's home or...'
Ted Bull: 'No, against a wall. It'd be played against a wall out in the street or against a fence - that's where you'd play that - that was one game and we used to play that for hours.'
