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Knock, knock, ginger

December 12, 2023

Knock, knock, ginger (also known as ding, dong, ditch and ring and run in the United States) is a prank or game dating back to 19th-century England, or possibly the earlier Cornish traditional holiday of Nickanan Night.[dubious – discuss] The game is played by children in many cultures. It involves knocking on the front door (or ringing the doorbell) of a victim, then running away before the door can be answered.[1]

The name knock, knock, ginger, “knock down ginger” or knocky door ginger, used in parts of Southern England, is attested at least as early as 1967, in an English poem found in the "Childhood in Poetry" collection:

Ginger, Ginger broke a winder
Hit the winda – crack!
The baker came out to give 'im a clout
And landed on his back.[2]

Name variations edit

The game in various forms is known by different names geographically, including the following:

Europe edit

North America edit

Oceania edit

Africa edit

South America edit

Asia edit

Legality edit

Victims of this prank are not likely to call the police, but if they decide to, the prankster can face charges of trespassing and disturbing the peace. In England and Wales, trespassing is a civil matter rather than a criminal one, and the police will not compile a case for a victim. However, under the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, it is a criminal offence to "wilfully and wantonly disturb any inhabitant, by pulling or ringing any door bell, or knocking at any door" punishable with up to 14 days' imprisonment.[31][32] In Scotland, although the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 establishes universal access rights, the so-called "right to roam" is only permitted where the privacy of others is respected. Such errant behaviour could be regarded as the Scottish common law criminal offence of "malicious mischief".[disputed – discuss]

Michael Bishop, a 56-year-old man in Louisville, Kentucky, shot at a group of children playing ding dong ditch at his house on 13 June 2011. A 12-year-old boy was hit in the back with a shotgun blast and "the boy was taken to Kosair Children's Hospital with what police call non-life-threatening injuries". The shooter was charged with attempted murder.[19] On 8 December 2015, his final day in office, outgoing Kentucky governor Steve Beshear issued 197 pardons,[33] including a pardon for Michael Bishop.[34]

A 14-year-old Oklahoma teenager, Cole Peyton, was shot in the back and arm while playing "ding dong ditch" in the early hours of New Year's Day of 2016.[35][36]

Dean Taylor, a 63 year old coach and former San Francisco Police Department officer, was arrested following an incident involving an 11-year-old boy who rang his doorbell in San Rafael, California on 12 February 2021. After two boys rang his door and ran, Taylor chased the boys in a vehicle, cut off one of the youths and emerged from the car. Then he allegedly grabbed one 11-year-old boy by the neck, pushed him to the ground and forced him into his vehicle. He drove the terrified boy around the block, and allegedly told the boy that he would "put a bullet in his head" if the prank happened again. He dropped the boy off near Point San Pedro Road and Loch Lomond Drive, and police were called. Taylor faces felony charges including kidnapping, making criminal threats, false imprisonment, battery and child endangerment.[37]

A California man, Anurag Chandra, 42, faces several murder charges for his role in the Temescal Canyon Road crash on 24 January 2020. After one of the boys had been dared, all six teenagers drove to a nearby home on Mojeska Summit Road in Corona, about 50 miles southeast of Los Angeles. The boy rang the doorbell and returned to the 2002 Prius that they were riding in, and the group took off. Chandra, who lives at the home, chased after them in his 2019 Infiniti Q50. His car rammed into the back of the Prius, causing it to veer off the road and into a tree. Daniel Hawkins, Jacob Ivascu and Drake Ruiz, all 16-year-old passengers, were killed in the crash. The 18-year-old driver and two other boys, ages 13 and 14, were injured but survived.[38] In 2023, he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.[39]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Opie, Iona Archibald; Opie, Peter (2001). The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren. New York Review of Books. ISBN 9780940322691. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  2. ^ John MacKay Shaw (1967). Childhood in Poetry. ISBN 9780810304796. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Origins of: Knock down ginger". 25 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Hull Daily Mail". 3 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Kevin Brennan MP".
  6. ^ "Prank". January 2019.
  7. ^ "Prank". January 2019.
  8. ^ Belletje trekken, Retrieved 2015-11-02
  9. ^ ""Knock and nash" nuisance". Cwherald.com. 29 February 2008. Retrieved 27 March 2016.
  10. ^ Black, Claire. "Interview: Sue Lawrence, home cook". The Scotsman. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  11. ^ "Dictionary of the Scots Language :: SND :: Chickie-mellie n. comb".
  12. ^ "Dictionary of the Scots Language :: SND :: Chap v.1". www.dsl.ac.uk.
  13. ^ Williams, Craig. "Article: Remembering Two Man Hunt, Chappy and the other games Glasgow kids played on the streets, Glasgow Live". Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  14. ^ Ltd, Not Panicking. "h2g2 - Knocking on Doors - a How-to Guide - Edited Entry".
  15. ^ "This 82-year-old Dublin granny was almost caught rapid doing a knick-knack".
  16. ^ "Cherry-knocking turns to theft of OAPs' doorbells". Gloucestershire Echo. 5 June 2012. Archived from the original on 1 July 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  17. ^ Country Doctor. Constable & Robinson Ltd. 7 February 2013. ISBN 9781472107992. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  18. ^ "Hljóp uppi ungling sem var að gera dyraat".
  19. ^ a b Daniel Kemp (14 June 2011). . Wlky.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  20. ^ Aimee Ortiz (24 January 2020). "'Doorbell Ditch' Prank Led to Crash That Killed 3 Teens, Officials Say". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  21. ^ Chris O'Connell (23 August 2023). "Delaware state trooper accused of assault; teen hospitalized with serious injuries". FOX 29 Philadelphia. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  22. ^ "Nicky nicky nine doors definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary". Collins Online Dictionary. 26 September 2023. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  23. ^ Clough, Alexandra (23 February 2010). "Family of boy shot and killed during ring-and-run prank near Boca may never see settlement after shooter files bankruptcy". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  24. ^ "Stupidshow.com: on joue à sonne-décriss". La Presse. 2 May 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  25. ^ Johnstone, Eloise (13 September 2012). "Clowning around can end in tears". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  26. ^ . Oxford Dictionaries | English. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
  27. ^ "Diccionario Chileno / Definición de: Rin-rin raja". Diccionario Chileno. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  28. ^ "Juego Tradicional (Colombia): Tín tín, corre corre. - ppt descargar". slideplayer.es. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  29. ^ "Definition of 벨튀 in Korean". NAVER Dictionary. 15 April 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  30. ^ "「ピンポンダッシュ」の意味や使い方 わかりやすく解説". Weblio辞書. 3 August 2022.
  31. ^ "Town Police Clauses Act 1847". Legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2012.
  32. ^ Forsyth County, Georgia, USA is very strict on trespassing, and Disturbing the Peace and "Ding Dong Ditch" (their version of this) is considered a crime in that county, and the fine is $100.
  33. ^ "Gov. Beshear's 197 pardons include Louisville man charged with shooting 12-year-old boy in 2011". wrdb.com. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  34. ^ "Victim's family 'outraged' after man who shot 12-year-old boy is pardoned". wrdb.com. 8 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  35. ^ Whigham, Nick. "Cole Peyton shooting, Obama forces through gun control". news.com.au. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  36. ^ Blakinger, Keri (2 January 2016). "Oklahoma honor student, 14, shot in the back while playing 'ding dong ditch' - NY Daily News". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  37. ^ "Retired SFPD inspector faces felony charges in Marin County after prank escalates". 18 February 2021.
  38. ^ Ortiz, Aimee (25 January 2020). "'Doorbell Ditch' Prank Led to Crash That Killed 3 Teens, Officials Say". The New York Times.
  39. ^ Medina, Eduardo (16 July 2023). "Man Who Crashed Into Teens After Doorbell Prank Gets Life in Prison". The New York Times.

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Knock knock ginger also known as ding dong ditch and ring and run in the United States is a prank or game dating back to 19th century England or possibly the earlier Cornish traditional holiday of Nickanan Night dubious discuss The game is played by children in many cultures It involves knocking on the front door or ringing the doorbell of a victim then running away before the door can be answered 1 The name knock knock ginger knock down ginger or knocky door ginger used in parts of Southern England is attested at least as early as 1967 in an English poem found in the Childhood in Poetry collection Ginger Ginger broke a winder Hit the winda crack The baker came out to give im a clout And landed on his back 2 Contents 1 Name variations 1 1 Europe 1 2 North America 1 3 Oceania 1 4 Africa 1 5 South America 1 6 Asia 2 Legality 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksName variations editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Knock knock ginger news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The game in various forms is known by different names geographically including the following Europe edit Chappy Scotland Belfast Northern Ireland citation needed Knock Down Ginger England 3 Knock Off Ginger England 4 Bobby Knocking Wales 5 knock a door run knock door run England Knock door run Leicester England 6 Knicky Knocky Nine Doors Durham Knock a door dash Liverpool England 7 Belletje trekken Netherlands citation needed Klingelstreich Germany citation needed Belleke trek Belgium 8 better source needed Knock and nash United Kingdom 9 Chicky melly 10 11 chap door run 12 chappy chappies 13 Scotland Knock and run England 14 Knick knack Ireland 15 Knick Knock Nanny Oxfordshire England Knick Knock Cornwall England Cherry knocking United Kingdom 16 17 Dingeldangel Norway Ajtobetyarkodas Hungary Tocatimbres Spain Rat a Tat Ginger Coventry England Dyraat Iceland 18 North America edit Ding dong ditch United States 19 Doorbell ditch United States 20 Doorbell dixie United States 21 Knock knock ginger Canada citation needed Knicky Knicky Nine Door Canada 22 Ring and run United States 23 Sonne decrisse Canada 24 Oceania edit Knick Knocking Australia 25 Ding dong dash Australia citation needed Africa edit Tok tokkie South Africa 26 South America edit Rinraje Argentina citation needed Rin Rin Raja Chile 27 Tin Tin Corre Corre Colombia 28 Tocar a campainha e sair correndo Brazil Asia edit Bel Twi 벨튀 South Korea 29 Ping Pong Dash ピンポンダッシュ Japan 30 Legality editVictims of this prank are not likely to call the police but if they decide to the prankster can face charges of trespassing and disturbing the peace In England and Wales trespassing is a civil matter rather than a criminal one and the police will not compile a case for a victim However under the Town Police Clauses Act 1847 it is a criminal offence to wilfully and wantonly disturb any inhabitant by pulling or ringing any door bell or knocking at any door punishable with up to 14 days imprisonment 31 32 In Scotland although the Land Reform Scotland Act 2003 establishes universal access rights the so called right to roam is only permitted where the privacy of others is respected Such errant behaviour could be regarded as the Scottish common law criminal offence of malicious mischief disputed discuss Michael Bishop a 56 year old man in Louisville Kentucky shot at a group of children playing ding dong ditch at his house on 13 June 2011 A 12 year old boy was hit in the back with a shotgun blast and the boy was taken to Kosair Children s Hospital with what police call non life threatening injuries The shooter was charged with attempted murder 19 On 8 December 2015 his final day in office outgoing Kentucky governor Steve Beshear issued 197 pardons 33 including a pardon for Michael Bishop 34 A 14 year old Oklahoma teenager Cole Peyton was shot in the back and arm while playing ding dong ditch in the early hours of New Year s Day of 2016 35 36 Dean Taylor a 63 year old coach and former San Francisco Police Department officer was arrested following an incident involving an 11 year old boy who rang his doorbell in San Rafael California on 12 February 2021 After two boys rang his door and ran Taylor chased the boys in a vehicle cut off one of the youths and emerged from the car Then he allegedly grabbed one 11 year old boy by the neck pushed him to the ground and forced him into his vehicle He drove the terrified boy around the block and allegedly told the boy that he would put a bullet in his head if the prank happened again He dropped the boy off near Point San Pedro Road and Loch Lomond Drive and police were called Taylor faces felony charges including kidnapping making criminal threats false imprisonment battery and child endangerment 37 A California man Anurag Chandra 42 faces several murder charges for his role in the Temescal Canyon Road crash on 24 January 2020 After one of the boys had been dared all six teenagers drove to a nearby home on Mojeska Summit Road in Corona about 50 miles southeast of Los Angeles The boy rang the doorbell and returned to the 2002 Prius that they were riding in and the group took off Chandra who lives at the home chased after them in his 2019 Infiniti Q50 His car rammed into the back of the Prius causing it to veer off the road and into a tree Daniel Hawkins Jacob Ivascu and Drake Ruiz all 16 year old passengers were killed in the crash The 18 year old driver and two other boys ages 13 and 14 were injured but survived 38 In 2023 he was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole 39 See also editMischief Night Trick or treatReferences edit Opie Iona Archibald Opie Peter 2001 The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren New York Review of Books ISBN 9780940322691 Retrieved 9 September 2012 John MacKay Shaw 1967 Childhood in Poetry ISBN 9780810304796 Retrieved 8 December 2016 Origins of Knock down ginger 25 July 2021 Hull Daily Mail 3 November 2018 Kevin Brennan MP Prank January 2019 Prank January 2019 Belletje trekken Retrieved 2015 11 02 Knock and nash nuisance Cwherald com 29 February 2008 Retrieved 27 March 2016 Black Claire Interview Sue Lawrence home cook The Scotsman Retrieved 31 August 2011 Dictionary of the Scots Language SND Chickie mellie n comb Dictionary of the Scots Language SND Chap v 1 www dsl ac uk Williams Craig Article Remembering Two Man Hunt Chappy and the other games Glasgow kids played on the streets Glasgow Live Retrieved 10 June 2019 Ltd Not Panicking h2g2 Knocking on Doors a How to Guide Edited Entry This 82 year old Dublin granny was almost caught rapid doing a knick knack Cherry knocking turns to theft of OAPs doorbells Gloucestershire Echo 5 June 2012 Archived from the original on 1 July 2013 Retrieved 30 June 2013 Country Doctor Constable amp Robinson Ltd 7 February 2013 ISBN 9781472107992 Retrieved 30 June 2013 Hljop uppi ungling sem var ad gera dyraat a b Daniel Kemp 14 June 2011 Police Boy Playing Ding Dong Ditch Shot in Back Wlky com Archived from the original on 23 March 2012 Retrieved 9 September 2012 Aimee Ortiz 24 January 2020 Doorbell Ditch Prank Led to Crash That Killed 3 Teens Officials Say The New York Times Retrieved 7 May 2021 Chris O Connell 23 August 2023 Delaware state trooper accused of assault teen hospitalized with serious injuries FOX 29 Philadelphia Retrieved 30 August 2023 Nicky nicky nine doors definition and meaning Collins English Dictionary Collins Online Dictionary 26 September 2023 Retrieved 26 September 2023 Clough Alexandra 23 February 2010 Family of boy shot and killed during ring and run prank near Boca may never see settlement after shooter files bankruptcy The Palm Beach Post Retrieved 10 April 2012 Stupidshow com on joue a sonne decriss La Presse 2 May 2007 Retrieved 9 July 2019 Johnstone Eloise 13 September 2012 Clowning around can end in tears Bendigo Advertiser Retrieved 27 February 2020 tok tokkie Definition of tok tokkie in English by Oxford Dictionaries Oxford Dictionaries English Archived from the original on 16 November 2018 Retrieved 16 November 2018 Diccionario Chileno Definicion de Rin rin raja Diccionario Chileno 4 January 2019 Retrieved 4 January 2019 Juego Tradicional Colombia Tin tin corre corre ppt descargar slideplayer es Retrieved 18 October 2021 Definition of 벨튀 in Korean NAVER Dictionary 15 April 2019 Retrieved 15 April 2019 ピンポンダッシュ の意味や使い方 わかりやすく解説 Weblio辞書 3 August 2022 Town Police Clauses Act 1847 Legislation gov uk Retrieved 9 September 2012 Forsyth County Georgia USA is very strict on trespassing and Disturbing the Peace and Ding Dong Ditch their version of this is considered a crime in that county and the fine is 100 Gov Beshear s 197 pardons include Louisville man charged with shooting 12 year old boy in 2011 wrdb com 8 December 2015 Retrieved 9 December 2015 Victim s family outraged after man who shot 12 year old boy is pardoned wrdb com 8 December 2015 Retrieved 9 December 2015 Whigham Nick Cole Peyton shooting Obama forces through gun control news com au Retrieved 18 December 2018 Blakinger Keri 2 January 2016 Oklahoma honor student 14 shot in the back while playing ding dong ditch NY Daily News nydailynews com Retrieved 18 December 2018 Retired SFPD inspector faces felony charges in Marin County after prank escalates 18 February 2021 Ortiz Aimee 25 January 2020 Doorbell Ditch Prank Led to Crash That Killed 3 Teens Officials Say The New York Times Medina Eduardo 16 July 2023 Man Who Crashed Into Teens After Doorbell Prank Gets Life in Prison The New York Times External links editOur Dialects How do people refer to the prank that involves knocking on someone s door and then running away before they can answer Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Knock knock ginger amp oldid 1188583664, 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