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TISKET A TASKET
ALL EXCEPT ONE PLAYER WOULD FORM A CIRCLE FACING
INWARDS. THEY WOULD SING THE SONG AND ON THE WORDS
"ON THE WAY I LOST IT," THE SINGLE PLAYER WHO IS NOT
IN THE CIRCLE AND WHO WOULD BE GOING AROUND THE
CIRCLE, WOULD DROP SOMETHING (USUALLY A HANDKERCHIEF)
IN BACK OF SOMEONE. THAT PERSON WOULD THEN HAVE TO
TURN AROUND, GRAB THE OBJECT AND CHASE THE DROPPER
OF THE OBJECT AROUND THE CIRCLE AND TRY TO TOUCH
HIM BEFORE HE REACHED THE EMPTY SPACE IN THE CIRCLE
WHERE HE WOULD BE SAFE. THEN START OVER AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching |
Date learned: 12-03-1967
PEDIDDLE
IF A GUY SEES A CAR WITH ONLY ONE HEADLIGHT ON, HE
SAYS "PEDIDDLE" AND KISSES THE GIRL. IF THE GIRL
SEES IT FIRST, SHE SLAPS HIS FACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-03-1970
PEDIDDLE
IF THERE IS A "ONE-EYED" CAR AT NIGHT, THE GUY CAN KISS
THE GIRL IF HE SAYS "PEDIDDLE" FIRST. IF SHE SAYS
IT FIRST, SHE SLAPS HIS FACE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS PLAYED IN
CLEVELAND WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. ALSO, HE SAID
THAT FRIENDS IN CHICAGO ALSO HAD HEARD OF IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-27-1970
A LOT OF PEOPLE SIT AROUND A TABLE. EACH PLAYER HAS
A PIECE OF PAPER AND A PENCIL. 1) FIRST EACH PLAYER
IS SUPPOSED TO WRITE DOWN THE NAME OF A MAN OR BOY
WHO IS PRESENT OR WHO IS KNOWN TO THE REST OF THE
PLAYERS. THEN EACH PLAYER FOLDS OVER THAT PART OF
THE PAPER SO THAT NO ONE CAN READ IT. EVERYONE PASSES
HIS PIECE OF PAPER TO THE PLAYER ON HIS RIGHT.
2) WITHOUT UNFOLDING THE PAPER OR LOOKING AT THE BOY'S
NAME, THAT PLAYER WRITES DOWN THE NAME OF A GIRL WHO IS
PRESENT OR KNOWN TO THE REST OF THE PLAYERS. THEN THE
PIECE OF PAPER IS FOLDED AGAIN AND PASSED TO THE PLAYER
TO THE RIGHT AGAIN. 3) WITHOUT UNFOLDING THE PAPER
OR LOOKING AT THE NAMES ALREADY WRITTEN, THAT PLAYER IS
TOLD TO WRITE DOWN A PLACE WHERE THE BOY AND THE GIRL
GO ON A TRIP. THE PROCEDURE CONTINUES WITH THE
QUESTIONS 4) WHAT DID THEY SEE ON THEIR TRIP?
5) WHAT DID SHE SAY TO HIM. 6) WHAT DID HE SAY TO
HER? 7) WHAT DID HE GIVE HER? 8) WHAT DID SHE GIVE
HIM? 9) WHAT IS THE PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT THIS?
AFTER THESE QUESTIONS ARE ASKED, THEN THE PAPERS ARE
UNFOLDED AND THE STORY IS READ. THE PAPER LOOKS
LIKE THIS AFTER IT IS UNFOLDED.
Submitter comment:
ILLUSTRATIONS OF NAMES, ETC., ON FOLDED PIECE OF
PAPER DEPICTED ON 5 X 8 CARD.
THEY ARE VERY FUNNY. WE PLAYED THIS GAME AT A FAMILY
PARTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 02-21-1971
INFORMANT, WHEN A YOUNG CHILD, WOULD TIP HIS BICYCLE
UPSIDE DOWN, AND TURN THE WHEEL, BY GRABBING THE
PEDAL, PRETENDING THAT IT WAS AN ICE CREAM MACHINE.
IT WAS USUALLY DONE WITH A TRICYCLE. THIS ACTION
GENERALLY WOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY YELLING, "ICE
CREAM, ICE CREAM."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
FIVE OR SIX CHILDREN STAND AT DESIGNATED STARTING
LINE. ANOTHER FIFTY OR SEVENTY FEET IS THE GOAL
WHERE THE PERSON IT STANDS WITH BACK FACING THE
STARTING LINE. THE PERSON IT IS A POLICEMAN. WHEN
HE SAYS GREEN LIGHT THE CHILDREN RUN TOWARDS THE
GOAL. WHEN HE SAYS RED LIGHT HE TURNS AROUND QUICKLY
AND ANYONE ONE OF THE PLAYERS THAT HE CATCHES
STILL MOVING MUST RETURN TO THE STARTING LINE. THE
SAME ACTIVITY TAKES PLACE AGAIN AND AGAIN UNTIL
SOMEONE REACHES THE GOAL. THE FIRST ONE TO REACH
IT IS THE WINNER.
Submitter comment:
TITUS PLAYS THIS GAME IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD ON THE
EAST SIDE OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport S555.524 |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
POLISH GAME
WHILE I WAS IN POLISH GIRL SCOUTING, WE USED TO PLAY
THIS GAME. I LEARNED IT FROM MY LEADER, MRS.
BRONISLAWVA MARCZUK OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
THE NAME OF IT IS "LAMPA, NOSE" OR "LAMP, NOSE."
ONE PERSON LEADS THE GAME BY POINTING INTERCHANGEABLY
TO THE LAMP (OUT) OR TO THE NOSE (IN) HE SAYS THE
WORD THAT HE'S POINTING TO. HE SAYS THEM QUICKLY
AND HE CAN CHANGE THE ORDER ANYTIME HE LIKES. THE
OBJECT IS FOR EVERYONE TO FOLLOW THE LEADER AND NOT
GET MIXED UP. WHOEVER DOES MISS, HAS TO DO SOMETHING
TO MAKE UP FOR IT (CALLED FANTY), LIKE SING A SONG,
OR RECITE A POEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH GAME
THE NAME OF THE GAME IS "GTUCKY TELEFON," OR "DEAF
TELEPHONE." ANOTHER NAME IS "ZEPSUTY TELEFON,"
OR "BROKEN TELEPHONE." THE OBJECT IS TO KEEP UP
THE MESSAGE STARTED. ONE PERSON STARTS A MESSAGE,
HE TELLS (WHISPERS) SOMETHING TO THE PERSON NEXT TO
HIM. THE MESSAGE GOES DOWN THE LINE, WHISPERED FROM
PERSON TO PERSON. THE LAST PERSON HAS TO TELL OUT
LOUD WHAT HE HEARD. USUALLY THE MESSAGE HAS BEEN
CHANGED BY THEN. IF IT IS, EVERYONE HAS TO SAY WHAT
HE HEARD UNTIL THE PERSON WHO FIRST CHANGED THE
MESSAGE IS FOUND. I LEARNED THIS FROM POLISH GIRL
SCOUTING FROM MY LEADER, MRS. BRONISLAWA MARCZUK
OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THIS IS A GAME WHICH USED TO BE PLAYED BY YOUNG
CHILDREN. IT DEPENDED ON THE NUMBER OF BUTTONS ON
A GIRL'S DRESS. DOCTOR, LAWYER, MERCHANT, CHIEF,
BEGGERMAN, AND THIEF WAS SPOKEN (ONE) FOR EACH
BUTTON. THE OCCUPATION WHICH FELL ON THE LAST
BUTTON WAS THE OCCUPATION OF THE GIRL'S FUTURE
HUSBAND.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
KISSING GAME
HAPPY IS THE MILLER BOY THAT LIVED BY THE MILL,
THE MILL WASN'T RUNNING, IT WAS STANDING STILL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
KISSING GAME
PADIDDLE: WHEN A CAR WITH ONE HEADLIGHT IS SEEN ON
THE ROAD, THE FIRST OF A COUPLE TO SEE IT HAS THE
OPTION OF KISSING OR HITTING HIS OR HER DATE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THIS GAME IS USUALLY PLAYED BY A NUMBER OF CHILDREN--
AT LEAST FOUR AND NOT MORE THAN SIX. ONE PERSON TAKES
THE PART OF THE MOTHER'S CHILDREN. THIS IS SAID
BY THE MOTHER AS THE CHILDREN ARE LINED UP: KC I THINK SHE MEANS "THE PART OF THE CHILDREN'S MOTHER."
I'M GOING DOWNTOWN TO SMOKE MY PIPE
AND I WON'T BE BACK 'TIL SATURDAY NIGHT.
I'LL WHIP YOU BLACK, I'LL WHIP YOU BLUE,
ESPECIALLY YOU, MY DAUGHTER SUE.
THIS IS SAID AS THE CHILDREN ARE LINED UP.. THE MOTHER
POINTS TO TO AT "SUE" IS "IT." ONE CHILD HAS PREVIOUSLY
BEEN SELECTED AS THE "WITCH." AND AS SOON AS THE
MOTHER LEAVES, THE WITCH COMES IN AND STEALS SUE.
THE MOTHER RETURNS, ASKS "WHERE IS SUE?" THE OTHERS
SAY THAT SHE HAS BEEN GRABBED BY THE WITCH. THEN THE
MOTHER REPEATS THE RHYME, SOMEONE ELSE IS SUE, AND
THE PROCESS REPEATS UNTIL NO CHILD IS LEFT. THEN
THE MOTHER GOES TO THE WITCH'S HOME, KNOCKS, SAYS
"WHERE IS MY DAUGHTER SUE?" THEN THE WITCH REPLIES
"SHE CAME HERE, I GAVE HER MILK AND COOKIES AND
SENT HER DOWN BANANA PEEL STREET." THE MOTHER GOES
DOWN BANANA PEEL STREET, FALLS ALL OVER THE PEELS,
AND RETURNS TO THE WITCH'S HOUSE, STILL WITHOUT SUE.
THE WITCH KEEPS SENDING THE WOMAN DOWN SUCH STREETS
AS "GARBAGE STREET," "GUM DROP STREET," AND "FIRE
STREET." ANYHOW, THE MOTHER FINALLY ASKS TO GO INTO
THE WITCH'S HOME. THE WITCH SAYS, "NO, YOUR SHOES
ARE TOO DIRTY." THE MOTHER SAYS, "I'LL TAKE THEM
OFF." THE WITCH SAYS, "YOUR SOCKS ARE TOO DIRTY."
THE MOTHER SAYS, "I'LL TAKE THEM OFF." THE WITCH SAYS,
"YOUR FEET ARE TOO DIRTY." THE MOTHER SAYS, "I'LL
CUT THEM OFF." THE WITCH SAYS, "YOU'LL GET BLOOD ON
MY RUGS." THE MOTHER SAYS, "I'LL BANDAGE THEM." THE
WITCH SAYS, "THEN YOU MAY COME IN."
THE MOTHER ENTERS THE IMAGINARY HOUSE AND SEES A
PIANO. SHE ASKS THE WITCH IF SHE CAN PLAY IT. (FOR
THE PIANO, ALL THE MISSING CHILDREN HOLD THEIR HANDS
IN A ROW.) AS THE MOTHER TOUCHES EACH HAND, THE
CHILD CRIES, "MOTHER, MOTHER." THEN THE MOTHER
SMASHES THE WITCH OVER THE HEAD, THE CHILDREN RUSH
OUT FROM INSIDE THE IMAGINARY PIANO AND THE GAME ENDS
HAPPILLY.
Submitter comment:
MRS. KANPP PLAYED THIS GAME IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
APPROXIMATELY EIGHTEEN YEARS AGO. ALTHOUGH SHE
CANNOT REMEMBER ALL THE DETAILS OF THE GAME, SHE FEELS
THAT THE ABOVE IS A FAIRLY ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF THE
WORDS AND GESTURES USED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 01-04-1964
NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM
SOMETHING WE ALWAYS PLAYED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE--THE
POKER-NUT GAME. WE PLAYED POKER AND WE USED A
VARIETY OF NUTS FOR CHIPS. THE WINNERS KEEP OR
EAT THEIR WINNINGS.
Submitter comment:
SHE DID THIS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD, AND NOW HER
HUSBAND AND CHILDREN ALSO PLAY THIS ON NEW YEAR'S
EVE, BEFORE THE CHILDREN GO OUT OR GO TO BED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 04-15-1967
EASTER GAME--SYRIAN
THEY WOULD TAKE A GOOD, FIRM, HARD-BOILED EGG AND
ANOTHER PERSON WOULD HOLD IT IN HIS HAND WITH
JUST A PORTION OF THE PEAK SHOWING, AND THE OTHER
PARTY WOULD TAKE AN EGG AND GENTLY TRY TO CRACK
YOUR EGG. AND WHOEVER DID THE CRACKING, WON THE EGG.
THIS IS CARRIED ON WITHIN THE OCTAVE OF EASTER.
Submitter comment: HER FAMILY AND RELATIVES DID THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
PIE PLATE GAME
THIS WAS PLAYED ON THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS EVE.
THEY TOOK A PIE PLATE AND A PERSON WOULD SPIN
IT AND SOMEONE ELSE HAD TO GET IT BEFORE IT STOPPED
SPINNING. IT WAS WILD!
Submitter comment:
HER HUSBAND'S FAMILY PLAYED THIS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; GAME ; holiday ; tradition
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
PEANUT BUTTER HEAVEN
YOU PLAY ON SOME STEPS, EACH STEP HAS A COLOR. AT
LEAST TWO PEOPLE MUST PLAY. ONE PERSON IS IT. HE
STANDS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEPS AND CALLS A COLOR
OF A CERTAIN STEP. THE OTHER PERSON TRIES TO JUMP
TO THAT STEP. IF HE (OR SHE) MAKES IT TO THE STEP
HE WILL CALL ANOTHER STEP THE PERSON WILL
KEEP CALLING STEPS OR COLORS TILL THE PERSON MISSES.
IF HE MISSES FIRST TRY HE (OR SHE) WILL BE IT. THIS
GAME WILL GO ON FOR AS LONG AS YOU WANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-11-1967
STONE TEACHER
ONE PERSON IS IT. YOU USE STEPS FOR THIS GAME. EACH
STEP REPRESENTS A GRADE. IT CAN EITHER START WITH
KINDERGARTEN OR FIRST GRADE. IT WILL END WITH 12TH
GRADE OR FOURTH YEAR OF COLLEGE, WHICHEVER YOU CHOOSE.
ONE PERSON IS THE TEACHER. SHE WILL TAKE A STONE
AND KEEP SWITCHING IT AROUND. THEN SHE PUTS THEM
IN FRONT OF HER CLOSED AND THE FIRST PERSON WILL
TRY TO GUESS IT. IF THAT PERSON GUESSES IT, SHE
WILL GO UP A GRADE. IF SHE MISSES, SHE WILL WAIT
UNTIL NEXT TURN. THE FIRST PERSON WHO GETS TO THE
FINISHING POINT WINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-11-1967
SITTING IN A ROOM AND SOMEONE WILL THINK OF AN
ARTICLE OF A CERTAIN COLOR AND THE OTHER KIDS
TRY TO GUESS WHAT IT IS. THAT PERSON WHO STARTS
MAY SAY WHETHER THE OTHERS ARE HOT OR COLD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
CLAP TWICE ON LAP, THEN CLAP TWICE AND SAY A WORD
BY THE TIME THE NEXT PERSON CLAPS HE MUST SAY
A WORD THAT BEGINS WITH THE LAST LETTER OF THE
WORD SAID BEFORE--AT ALL TIMES KEEPING TIME.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
RAILROAD: PERSON STARTING SAYS "RAILROAD" AND
NAMES A PLACE BEGINNING WITH D, E.G., DETROIT.
NEXT PERSON SAYS A PLACE WITH T.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-29-1967