Great topic! I imagine we all were little rascals at some point in our lives, regardless of our culture or background. "Run, Johnny, Run". Haha. Oh, the things we used to do back in the day in the hood. Around Christmas time we would steal one light bulb from people's Christmas lights so the whole strand would go out. We called that game "t'was the night before Christmas and yo &$@ is diggin around in the snow for tiny light bulbs."
The knocking on doors and running one...well I know what my white friends called it, but of course I won't post that. It's offensive. My MawMaw called the game "The postman always rings twice, but the meter man only knocks once and run off cause he just shut off the damn lights." Oh, MawMaw...bless her heart.