Talk:Tag (game)

gool

" The term "gool" was first recorded in print in Massachusetts in the 1870s, and is common in the northern states of the US. " This needs verification, especially the claim that it is common in northern states (maybe it means NE states?). I don't recall it from my childhood in northern states nor have I heard it as an adult seeing kids play in northern states.Kdammers (talk) 03:04, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Reply: I remember using "gool" playing tag in the 1960's (in 3rd or 4th grade / Chicago). Gool was a "safe place" where you could not be tagged, usually by running to it and placing your hand upon it. Gool was a pole or other such structure within the playing area. I don't recall if there was a time limit using gool before rejoining the game or if somebody could just maintain contact not to be tagged "it". We played a variation of tag eventually when someone defecated in their pants, calling it "contaminated". Same rules as tag, however, by calling out what I remember sounding like "2-10 Out" and touching the bottom of your shoe, this proclaimed that you could not be tagged it. Either this was making yourself a gool or announcing to others that your participation in playing tag ended. Has anyone heard the likes of "2-10 Out" before? 7/13/2020 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Darn Time And Gravity (talk • contribs) 22:16, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Chinese tag

What about Chinese tag? dictionary.reference.com/browse/Chinese+tag, www.childbook.com/Chinese-Tag-s/84.htm Kdammers (talk) 03:06, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Safe

A sentence talking about being safe on a base (in the sentence called goal or ghoul?) has been removed. This is an important part of many tag games, so we need a reference to this so we can put it back in. Does some-one have a book, e.g., childcraft, about kids' games?Kdammers (talk) 01:41, 18 November 2014 (UTC)

DDG

In the duck, duck goose section, one can read "The goose then rises and runs around the circle in the opposite direction as the picker". This is not what the animation shows, neither does the dedicated article. It is absurd & I never played it this way. 82.227.17.30 (talk) 13:05, 12 May 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for pointing this out. It's fixed now. SQGibbon (talk) 14:53, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 July 2018

Edit: Add in '(Touch and Go)' after the initial 'TAG' to explain the acronym. 2A00:23C4:2796:A400:6DCF:298E:7F90:B367 (talk) 21:45, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Danski454 (talk) 21:47, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

History

Any word on the history of the game? How far can it be traced back? Any indication from early high cultures of similar games? 2003:D1:A72B:6400:3D54:626F:D697:70FA (talk) 18:34, 20 February 2022 (UTC)