Originally Posted by
martycon
Glenda Red Rover is an interesting name for a road. I believe the expression comes from Croquet, where that is the name of the final hoop, to be negociated before needing to hit a central peg, which finishes the game. This is called pegging out, which is also a colloquialism.
Not all croquet players are nescessarily old and near pegging out.
regards marty.