Flipping Rules:Queens, NYC ca. 1953

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Posted By: Dave Hornish

We mostly flipped "colors" on long island in the early 70's but some flipping was conducted scaling cards and dealing with leaners. In Hicksville, LI you had to knock down a leaner from the wall in order to claim superiority. Sometimes stacks of cards and side bets were happening. You might put 4-5 cards in astack and bet them on the outcome of a flip, either scaled or playing colors.

Colors means you had to match the color of the team name to win a stack. You held a deck and flipped one card each in order. A number of kids could play at one time. Spent hours/days/weeks/summers doing this in 70-71.