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Subject: Re: Games
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 08:37:30 -0500 (EST)

We still play Hell at Dumas gatherings, Al, so I'm sure any of my bros
will send you the rules. By the way, it IS olly olly oxen free free free,
from an ancient Greek bullock call. When your bullock, oxen, or other
beast of burden got away and hid in a grove of olives (or ollies), you
called this out so he would know you weren't going to beat him when he
returned.

--Juani

On Sat, 6 Feb 1999, ALEX MAGDALENO wrote:

> Anyone remember the rules to the card game Hell? I looked up a game
> called Oh Hell on the net but it didn't sound like what we played. We
> sure had some nice big games at the Dumas's. And I remember Larry
> telling me about a big game at his house. The next day, Mrs. Cooper told
> larry's mother that she heard the kids cussing last night(:-)
> When Judy mentioned the kick the can games, I started thinking about
> the hide and seek games. It wasn't till I was an adult that I knew the
> call was " All in, all in, all in, free free free. We always yelled
> Olly, olly, oxen, free free free. Didn't make sense to me, but who was I
> to question the rules.
> Alex
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