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[Joe Allonby]

It was great training for juvenile delinquents. It taught how to move
quickly and undetected through an urban environment. The object was to break
your teammates out of jail.

On 3/6/08, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> It's probably been supplanted by computer games.  Pity.
>
> Laura
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
> >Sent: Mar 6, 2008 11:31 AM
> >To: kelber at mindspring.com
> >Cc: pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: Re: The Digger Archives
> >
> >I was working on a book for a while entitled "Relevio". The "ringo"
> spelling
> >is a New York variant. The game has all but died out. Various other names
> >include Jailbreak, Manhunter, and curiously in a Jewish neighborhood of
> >Brookline MA, Holocaust.
> >
> >You rarely see this game anymore; something about 20 or so kids running
> >unsupervised through private property, alleys, across rooftops, fire
> escapes
> >etc. The game is inherently illegal. It's origins are obscure. Versions
> >exist in Ireland and Italy but it is unclear if it was brought back by
> >returning expats.
> >
> >
> >On 3/4/08, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Hi,
> >> >
> >> >the mention of the name Ringolevio always makes me think of
> >> >Robert Hunter's 5* "Tiger Rose" album - it's mentioned in one of the
> >> lyrics.
> >> >
> >> My elderly father has fond memories of playing the game Ringolevio in
> >> 1920s Brooklyn.  Back in the 60s, my friends and I played a variation
> called
> >> Hares and Hounds -- basically a neighborhood-wide game of hide and
> seek,
> >> except the "hares" would leave clues in the form of arrows chalked on
> the
> >> street (sometimes leading in the wrong direction).
> >>
> >> Laura
> >>
>
>
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