Chicky-melly (That’s what we called it in Scotland anyway)
I used to play it with my pals – for the life of me could’nt remember what it was called so had to look it up! lol
It involves knocking on the front door of (or ringing the doorbell of) a victim, then running away before the door can be answered. The game has been played since the 19th century apparently.
Name variations:
* Belletje trekken Netherlands
* Ding-Dong Shawn Strohosky!
* Chicky-melly (Scotland)
* Knock and run
* Knock-down Ginger
* Ginger knocking
* Knock-up Ginger
* Knock-a-door-run
* Knock-a-door-dash (North-west England)
* Knock, knock Ginger
* Ring-a-door Ginger
* Cherry Knocking
* Ding dong ditch
* Ring and Run (Poland/Germany/Canada)
* Knick-knocking
* Knocking days
* Knocky Neighbours Napper
* Rib Door Run Lochee/Hilltown
* Ding dong dash Italy
* Knicky Knicky Nine Doors
* Nicky Nicky Nine Door (Southern Ontario)
* Knock Down Ginger (London)
* Doorbell Ditch (Western United States)
* Knocker Knocker (Wales)
* Bellfast Sweden
* Knock Off Ginger
* Ring the Bell and Run like Hell (New York)
* Dong and Dash (Michigan)
* Ring Raje (Argentina)[3]
* Knocky-nine-doors (England – North East)
* Ringepigg (Norway)
* Doorbell Dixie (Delaware)
* Knock Knock Run (Georgia)
* Bell Bajake Bhago (India)
* Tommy Knockers (Texas)
* Knock Knock, Zoom Zoom (Southern United States)
* Rin-Rin Raja (Chile)
Plus a variation on it – Knicky, knicky, nine door
“Run By” Running down a street knocking on as many doors as possible and waiting to see all the neighbors come out at one time.
* knicky, knocky, nine door
* knicky, knicky, nine door (Canada)
* knocky nine door (North East England)
* knocky nine doors
* knicky, knocky, nino
* Boby Knocking (Swansea)
To be fair, this isn’t played much round here now because of house-rage and our tolerance ofr this kind of “prank” is practically gone IMO