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Don't ask an American from 20-30 years ago...
Am American from that time frame. We called it ding dong ditch, and so did everyone else I ever heard.
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Belletje Lellen
Growing up in the NYC suburbs in the '60s/'70s we called it Ring 'n' Run.
That's the most European phrase i have heard so far
Wikipedia says it's Canadian 🤷🏻♂️
Canadian here, we call it ding-dong-ditch where I'm from. Never heard of that other one.
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Nicky Nicky Nine Doors or Ding Dong Dash were the only names I heard as a child. Never played since we lived in a rural area and too much distance between houses. My cousins in the city talked of it though.
It's cherry knocking and all of you are fucking heathens for disagreeing with me
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Ireland : knockadolly