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Who Stole the Cookie Out the Cookie Jar?
This game is a rhyme and response game. The players usually
play in a circle. This game is usually played by young girls.
No. of players: there should be at least 4 players.
Object: to respond when your number is called by singing the
rhyme and calling someone else's number.
Rules: players cannot gesture or hesitate.
The rhyme goes:
Who stole the cookie out the cookie jar?,
Number 2 (example) stole the cookie out the cookie jar,
(No. 2 responds) Who me?
Couldn't be,
Number (state a number) stole the cookie out the cookie jar.
The game continues in this manner.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 01-00-1978
In our family, if any two people say the exact same words at
the exact same time (or at least pretty close) a tagging fight
breaks out. One of the persons involved tries to be the first to
tag the other and say, "Owe me a coke!" or "Owe me a beer!" This
tag fight can get so involved that they may even chase each other
down the street. The tagging fight can also last a very long time
and can be exciting to watch.
James Callow comment:
See Cf. Hand, North Carolina, 447-454. See Puckett, Ohio, nos.
21886-21946, 22259, 22319. Despite the many examples in this great
collection, none of the verbal formulas and finger rituals match
the ones in our entry.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Speaking in unison
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
Game
To make going to the store a little more exciting, my friends
and I would play a game called Step on a Crack. The object was to
avoid all cracks in the sidewalk. If any one stepped on a crack
then everyone else would say, "You stepped on a crack and you break
your mother's back.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
ENGINE, ENGINE
ONE OF SEVERAL METHODS OF DETERMINING WHO WOULD BE
"IT" IN GAMES LIKE TAG AND HIDE AND SEEK WAS FOUND
IN THE FOLLOWING RHYME:
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE,
ROLLING DOWN CHICAGO LINE,
IF THIS TRAIN SHOULD JUMP THIS TRACK,
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
NOW, ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS WILL BE POINTED TO
AT THE WORD "BACK" AND HE SAYS YES OR NO. THEN
THE FOLLOWING IS RECITED AND THE PERSON WHO COMES
OUT "IT" IS THE ONE WHO IS TOUCHED AT THE LAST
WORD OF THIS:
"Y-E-S SPELLS YES AND YOU ARE NOT "IT."
OR, IF THE PERSON SAYS "NO" THE FOLLOWING IS RECITED
WITH THE SAME RESULT.
"N-O SPELLS NO AND YOU ARE NOT IT."
THIS SAME VERSE CONTINUES UNTIL ALL PARTICIPANTS
BUT ONE ARE ELIMINATED AND "IT" IS THIS LAST
PERSON WHO IS DESIGNATED TO BE "IT."
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
BASE STICKING
PLAYERS WHO HUNG AROUND THE BASE TOO MUCH IN ORDER
NOT TO BE CAUGHT WERE TOLD, "ONE TWO THREE,
GET OFF MY FATHER'S APPLE TREE." IF HE WAS STILL
ON THE BASE AT THE END OF THIS TIRADE, HE WAS
AUTOMATICALLY CAUGHT.
Submitter comment:
QUITE A COMMON SAYING IN WASHINGTON, D. C. DURING
THE YEARS OF THE MIDDLE 1950S.
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-24-1967 ; 00001950S
AN OLD RHYME USED TO DETERMINE WHO WAS TO BE "IT" IN
A GAME WHERE THERE IS TO BE ONE PERSON WHO WILL BE
DESIGNATED AS IT, GOES LIKE THIS:
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, MORE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS COUNTED OFF ON FISTS IN A CIRCLE. THE ONE
WHO HAPPENED TO COME UP "MORE" LAST, WAS "IT."
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport |
Date learned: 11-24-1967 ; 00001950S
CHANT USED IN HIDE-AND-SEEK WHEN A CHILD CAN'T FIND EVERYONE:
BEE, BEE, BUMBLEBEE
EVERYBODY, COME IN FREE.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-16-1973
DURING RECESS IN GRADE SCHOOL, WE WOULD PLAY THE GAME "RED
ROVER". TWO TEAMS ON OPPOSITE SIDES STAND HAND IN HAND. ONE
TEAM CHANTS, "RED ROVER, RED ROVER SEND "NAME" RIGHT OVER!"
THAT PERSON RUNS AND TRIES TO BREAK THE HAND CHAIN BETWEEB
TWO PEOPLE. IF HE IS SUCCESSFUL, HE TAKES A PLAYER BACK TO
HIS SIDE. IF HE IS UNSUCCESSFUL, HE MUST JOIN THE OPPOSITE
TEAM.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-16-1973
I SCREAM
U (YOU) SCREAM
WE ALL SCREAM
FOR ICE CREAM!
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Sharp, Susan
Keyword(s): CHANT ; GAME ; ICE CREAM ; Jump Rope ; JUMP ROPE RHYME ; poem ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 05-00-1972
I LIKE COFFEE,
I LIKE TEA,
I WANT ------(NAME)
TO JUMP WITH ME!
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Coffee ; Jump Rope ; JUMP ROPE RHYME ; poem ; RHYME ; SONG ; TEA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
STEP ON A CRACK AND YOU'LL BREAK THE DEVIL'S DISHES.
VARIATION: STEP ON A CRACK AND YOU'LL BREAK YOUR
MOTHER'S BACK.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Back ; CHILDREN ; Crack ; DEVIL ; Dishes ; GAME ; RHYME ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Language: Rhyme
Jump Rope Rhyme:
Down in the meadow where the green grass grows, there sat ____ sweet as a rose.
Along came ____ and kissed her on the cheek: How many kisses did she get?
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Hoy, Linda
Keyword(s): Entertainment ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Language ; Play ; RHYME ; Rope
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Jump-Rope Rhyme:
Teacher, teacher with a stick
What's my grade in arithmetic?
A..B..C..D..E..F..A..B..C..
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Furtwengler, Martha
Keyword(s): Arithmetic ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Grade ; Jump Rope ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
I like coffee
I like tea
I like for ____
To come in with me.
Data entry tech comment:
Entry by TRD
Keyword(s): Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump Rope ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Verse - Game
ABC - LSD - Marijuana is good for me.
Data entry tech comment:
Entered by TRD
Keyword(s): Acid ; ALPHABET ; DRUGS ; LSD ; Marijuana ; Pop Culture ; RHYME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Games--Chants or Warnings
"Poison or stone poison"--player was tagged if he stepped off stones.
Chant--"Tread not purposely on pebblestones for it is the art of a fool."
"Honey Pots." The "honey pot" was a boy or girl coiled up and carried by two other children in a "chair" made by crossing the hands and arms. The players often chanted--"Carry your honey not safe and sound, or it will fall upon the ground."
It was the fate of some "honey pots" to find themselves sprawled on the ground and easy prey for marauding "bears."
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Fudge, fudge
tell the judge
Mama wants a newborn baby
Wrap it up in tissue paper
send it down the elevator,
Boy, girl, triplets, twins,
(repeat until jumper misses--what she misses on is what she'll have)
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Bathing beauty
thinks she's cutie
All she wears is a yellow suitie
If you jump to 29 . . .
Submitter comment:
(rest forgotten)
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Blue bells, cockle shells
eevy, ivy over
Skip rope, who can tell
eevy, ivy, over . . .
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Children's Wake-Up Rhyme
Wake up, wake up, wake up
The sun is up
The dew is on the buttercup
Wake up, wake up, wake up
Submitter comment:
Informant sung this to brothers and sisters.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |