BigFish
08-27-2005, 09:43 PM
To settle a dispute....when we were all kids and you played games like kick the bucket and hide and seek....what was the phrase you yelled for all to come out? It was Olly Olly.....what? :huh:
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View Full Version : Need An Answer..... BigFish 08-27-2005, 09:50 PM Come on Afterhours and SKD....I need your help! :rotfl: Squid kids Dad 08-27-2005, 09:51 PM I'm free ??? Or something like that... :gf: Skip N 08-27-2005, 10:02 PM Olly Olly Oxen Free....How the hell i remeber that i dunno! Now can someone tell me what the hell that meens!?! BigFish 08-27-2005, 10:05 PM Unless you can tell me what ollie ollie oxen free means then i say is's ollie ollie infantry!!!! Skip N 08-27-2005, 10:07 PM Unless you can tell me what ollie ollie oxen free means then i say is's ollie ollie infantry!!!! Nope...do a yahoo search and you'll see im right! Redsoxticket 08-27-2005, 10:10 PM How about :scream: at the top of your lungs, "BIGFISH in the can" BigFish 08-27-2005, 10:14 PM FishChick does not believe I am right! I know I am! :laugha: Squid kids Dad 08-27-2005, 10:20 PM yah...I am pretty sure it is oxen free.... :wave: Redsoxticket 08-27-2005, 10:21 PM I second that. Skip N 08-27-2005, 10:25 PM Bigfish right....FishChick Wrong :bl: Its def Oxen free thefishingfreak 08-27-2005, 11:37 PM i'll fourth that. oxen free Nebe 08-28-2005, 12:10 AM oxen free :D sorry fishchick, you wrong :hihi: The Dad Fisherman 08-28-2005, 12:28 AM Another Vote for Oxen Free... I think "Ollie Ollie Infantry" is what the Contras in Nicaragua used to yell when they played. :D Bass Babe 08-28-2005, 02:12 AM Though I'd like to stick with the girls' team, it is oxen free -- even in my day, which was pretty recently. Bob Thomas 08-28-2005, 06:15 AM Oxen Free or In come free.....I still use that when I'm fishing :lossinit: PNG 08-28-2005, 07:49 AM Another Vote for Oxen Free... I think "Ollie Ollie Infantry" is what the Contras in Nicaragua used to yell when they played. :D Now thats funny :laugha: Karl F 08-28-2005, 08:46 AM Scottish/ British origins, originally " All ye, All ye, Walks in Free" Couple that with a Scottish, or even a Cockney accent, hollered through cupped hands, early Americans heard it as "Olly, Olly, Oxen Free" PNG is right, the other is waaaay too funny ;) Slingah 08-28-2005, 08:51 AM I remember both....prolly a city thing BigFish 08-28-2005, 09:00 AM Come to find out it was both....Slingah is quite right....a city thing cause she grew up in Southie where they do everything strange! :rolleyes: Thanks for your help all! nightfighter 08-28-2005, 09:12 AM In come free Saltheart 08-28-2005, 01:59 PM Olly olly entrance free. :) At least that's how i remmeber it. Raven 08-28-2005, 02:23 PM I 2nd dads opinion: it was OLLY OLLY IN COME freeeeee... meaning all other players could enter the zone without penalty. as many were still hiding when someone had already kicked the can. Pete 08-29-2005, 06:50 AM In my neighbohood, it was, olly olly in free, usually ment the game was over or needed to restart due to more players showing up. Raven 08-29-2005, 10:10 AM discovered that this game had been created in the 1800s in Scotland, and in no time at all ->>>they were playing it in England... Well obviously it made it to the United States because we all played it as kids.. What did you call out when it was time to call the unfound in???? WELL WE MESSED UP.. HOW THE GAME WAS CREATED was when it was time to call out you would yell CALLING ALL THE OUTS IN FREE --------------------------------------------------------------- and an even better explanation is --------------------------------------------------------------------- I believe this game is very old and originated in Great Britain. Olli Olli oxen free is really "All ye All ye walks in free" said very fast with a stong lower-class British accent. To an American ear it would sound like All e All e aux in free when said quickly. With a lower-class British accent, the "w" gets dropped in "walks" as does the "y" in "ye." Try it a few times and you will see what I mean. Saltheart 08-29-2005, 10:46 AM having run it through my mind a million times now , we used to say Olly Olly Enfree which is like the infree someone else mentioned. Funny how something like that can torment your brain till you remember. Raider Ronnie 08-29-2005, 11:02 AM I rember it being ollie ollie entry or ollie ollie infantry atleast thats the way we did it in Randolph back in the late 1960s - 1970s ! I'll have to ask my kids how they do it now in Wrentham! Swimmer 08-29-2005, 11:31 AM Olly (slang for all) Olly in free......... Meaning you didn't get caught by whoever was it. Karl F 08-29-2005, 11:46 AM discovered that this game had been created in the 1800s in Scotland, and in no time at all ->>>they were playing it in England... Well obviously it made it to the United States because we all played it as kids.. What did you call out when it was time to call the unfound in???? WELL WE MESSED UP.. HOW THE GAME WAS CREATED was when it was time to call out you would yell CALLING ALL THE OUTS IN FREE --------------------------------------------------------------- and an even better explanation is --------------------------------------------------------------------- I believe this game is very old and originated in Great Britain. Olli Olli oxen free is really "All ye All ye walks in free" said very fast with a stong lower-class British accent. To an American ear it would sound like All e All e aux in free when said quickly. With a lower-class British accent, the "w" gets dropped in "walks" as does the "y" in "ye." Try it a few times and you will see what I mean. Yep... told ya that on page 1 ;) :hihi: Slingah 08-29-2005, 04:53 PM I'm freakin' confused now..... :topic: vBulletin® v3.8.7, Copyright ©2000-2025, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
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