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Correct german phrases of the game[edit]

The german phrase written here "Alles, Alles auch so ein frei!" is grammatical nonsense and I (a german) have never heard it! However, from the phonetics of "Ollie Ollie oxen free" it may have once have been "Alle, alle auch seien frei", meaning "All, all shall be free too" with "seien" as the plural whishing form of to be. Now, the phrase I grew up with is: "Alle, alle rauskommen!", which means "All, all come out!" There is also a standard phrase at the end of the counting during the hiding stage in german that runs: "...98, 99, 100 - Eckstein, Eckstein, alles muss versteckt sein! Neben mir und hinter mir da zählt es nicht!" This one makes a rhime in german and can be translated as: "Cornerstone, cornerstone, everything has to be hidden. Next to me and behind me doesnt count!" One can argue, whether the "Eckstein" is only there to make the rhime or whether it relates to the boundaries of the (rectangular?) playing field, as if there was a long version defining the valid area by its diagonal like "From cornerstone to cornerstone everything has to be hidden..." signed : pizzazz, 2nd June 2013 (UTC)

Merging?[edit]

Cocky Olly, barring the name and cry, sounds extremely akin to the form of hide-and-seek I played when I was very young. Forty-forty also sounds like a hide-and-go-seek game. It seems to me that they should be merged with this hide-and-seek article, but that's up to you. I also remember that growing up, we distinguished between hide-and-go-seek and hide-and-go-seek tag. That was literally what we called them. This was about a decade ago. (Now no kids I meet even realise there was such a thing as a no-tag hide-and-seek). Should there be a mention of this distinction? Hey, is "A, B, C, base on me!" mentioned anywhere?

Counting for "Ghost in the Graveyard"[edit]

Growing up, when we played "ghost in the graveyard", there was a specific rhyme for counting to give the hider(s) enough time. Did anyone else say this, or is it just a regional variant?

One o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock rock (two pounds or stomps) Four o'clock, five o'clock, six o'clock rock (pound pound) Seven o'clock, eight o'clock, nine o'clock rock (pound pound) Ten o'clock, eleven o'clock, midnight!

sometimes, we would say it twice, and the first "twelve o'clock" position would be "lunchtime!", and the second one would be "midnight"

if others are familiar with this, I could add it in (especially since there is the mention of "one-Mississippi")

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Redirected comment from Hide and Seek World Championship[edit]

Is this really notable?

Apparently, this competition was held annually between 2010 and 2017. The 2018 competition was cancelled over lack of funding and has not been held since. The website now redirects to an online gambling site, and the twitter page hasn't been updated in 4 1/2 years. [1] There was a bit of coverage associated with the 2017 event in various travel publications and local news, but I question whether it is notable enough for a stand-alone article. Perhaps this should simply be redirected to the Hide and Seek article. Banks Irk (talk) 16:57, 31 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]