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A VARIATION OF THE GAME OF "HIDE AND GO SEEK" IS A GAME
CALLED "NO WITCHES ARE OUT TONIGHT." IN THIS GAME
ONLY ONE PERSON IS SENT OUT TO HIDE. AFTER A FEW
MINUTES THE REST OF THE PLAYERS HAVE TO WALK AROUND
THE PLAYING AREA SHOUTING "NO WITCHES ARE OUT
TONIGHT." THE ONE WHO HAS HIDDEN PICKS THE BEST
OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP OUT AND GRAB THIS PERSON AND AT
THIS TIME THE GRABBED PLAYER IS OUT. WHEN ALL ARE
OUT THE GAME IS ENDED AND A NEW "WITCH" IS CHOSEN.
Submitter comment:
I NEVER PLAYED THE GAME BUT I OFTEN WATCHED MY
SMALL COUSINS PLAY IT IN RECENT YEARS. IT IS THERE
THAT I LEARNED IT.
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
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
GOING DOWNTOWN
GAME STARTS WITH A LINE OF PLAYERS. LEADER SAYS:
"I'M GOING DOWNTOWN TO SMOKE MY PIPE,
I WON'T BE BACK 'TIL SATURDAY NIGHT.
I'LL WHIP YOU BLAC, I'LL WHIP YOU BLUE,
ESPECIALLY YOU MY DAUGHTER SUE.
(THE LEADER CHOOSES SOMEONE TO BE SUE).
THE LEADER THEN LEAVES THE GROUP. A WITCH COMES
ALONG AND GIVES EACH MEMBER OF THE GROUP THE NAME
OF A COLOR AND STEALS ONE OF THE MEMBERS (SUE).
THE LEADER RETURNS: "WHERE'S SUE?"
GROUP ANSWERS: "THE WITCH TOOK HER."
THE WITCH RETURNS. THE LEADER CALLS OUT COLORS AND
THE WITCH CHASES THE MEMBER WHO RESPONDS TO HER
GIVEN COLOR. A MEMBER WHO IS NOT CAUGHT BECOMES
THE MOTHER, AND THE GIRL WHO WAS "SUE" IS NOW THE
WITCH.
Submitter comment:
THIS GAME HAS MANY VERSIONS IN DIFFERENT NEIGH-
BORHOODS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
Date learned: 02-20-1970
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR, IT IS SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK.
THIS STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT MIRRORS WERE EX-
PENSIVE IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Favorites BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR IT'S BAD LUCK IN CHINA AND
ESPECIALLY WHEN A COUPLE WHO ARE IN LOVE BREAK
A MIRROR, THEY WILL SEPARATE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION IN TAIWAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TAIWAN
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
THE REASON WHY IT'S BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER
IS BECAUSE THE TWO SIDES OF THE LADDER AND THE
FLOOR REPRESENT THE TRIANGLE OF THE HOLY TRINITY
AND TO PASS THROUGH IT IS AN INVASION OF HEAVEN
AND BREAKS THE TRINITY.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
(TO) THROW A HAT ON THE BED IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
MY INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT SHE DIDN'T REALLY
BELIEVE THAT, BUT HER MOTHER ALWAYS USED TO TELL
HER CHILDREN THAT "PROBABLY JUST TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY ALWAYS PUT THEIR CLOTHES AWAY."
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bed ; BELIEF ; CLOTHING ; Fashion ; Hat ; LUCK ; Placement ; PREDICTION ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IF YOU HAVE ONLY ONE SHOE ON, EVERY TIME THE FOOT
WITHOUT A SHOE TOUCHES THE FLOOR, WHEN WALKING,
IS ONE YEAR'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 10-29-1968
IN GUATEMALA CITY, EVERYONE (INCLUDING THE
UPPER CLASSES) CONSIDER WEARING "HUSH-PUPPIES" AS AN
INVITATION TO BAD LUCK. IT IS NOT THE STYLE OR
THE TYPE OF SHOES THAT BRING BAD LUCK, BUT ONLY
THOSE OF THE BRAND NAME "HUSH PUPPIES."
Data entry tech comment:
HUSH PUPPIES IS A SHOE BRAND NAME, PRODUCED IN
MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; GUATAMALA
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-28-1968
NEVER LEAVE A LOAF OF BREAD ON ITS TOP WITH
BOTTOM UP; IT SHOWS DISRESPECT FOR GOD AND
THEREFORE IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FRENCH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | Favorites Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
IT IS UNLUCKY TO SPILL SALT--COMES FROM THE TIME WHEN
JUDAS UPSET SALT WITH HIS HAND AT THE LAST SUPPER
WHEN GETTING UP TO LEAVE TO BETRAY CHRIST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): APOCRYPHAL BIBLE INCIDENT ; ISCARIOT ; JESUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 04-03-1967
WHEN ONE ASKS FOR THE SALT SHAKER TO BE PASSED TO HIM,
HE SHOULD ASK FOR IT TO BE PLACED DOWN ON THE TABLE
BEFORE ACCEPTING IT, FOR BAD LUCK WILL BEFALL YOU
IF YOU RECEIVE IT HAND TO HAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
IT'S BAD LUCK TO COUNT YOUR TEETH.
Submitter comment: HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 07-29-1964
IT IS BAD LUCK TO MEET AN OLD WOMAN OR A LONG
HAIRED DOG WHEN YOU START ON A JOURNEY. IT IS
GOOD LUCK TO MEET A MAN WHO HAS A WOODEN LEG, OR
WHO SMOKES A PIPE.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER HEARD THIS IN BOSTON WHEN HE
WORKED AT THE NABIS
COMPANY IN THE 1920S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 00001920S
SEEING YOUR ADOPTED SON OR DAUGHTER THE FIRST THING
IN THE MORNING IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SEW A BUTTON, HEM, OR ANYTHING,
WHILE A PERSON IS STILL WEARING THE ARTICLE.
IT SEWS THE BAD LUCK IN AND KEEPS THE GOOD LUCK OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
IT'S BAD LUCK TO WHISTLE ON A SAILING VESSEL EXCEPT
IN THE MOST DIRE STRAITS, LIKE WHEN THEY'RE BECALMED.
THEN THE CAPTAIN TRIES TO WHISTLE UP A WIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MARITIME
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 01-00-1972
IF YOU ARE COMING OUT OF THE HOUSE AND FORGET SOME-
THING, IT IS BAD LUCK TO TURN AROUND AND GO BACK,
UNLESS YOU SPIT ON THE GROUND AND MAKE AN X WITH
YOUR FOOT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAW A FRIEND DO THAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 03-06-1971
A BLACK CAT WITH WHITE PAWS IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK.
IF THE CAT IS BLACK AND HAS A WHITE STOMACH, IT'S
GOOD LUCK. IF A CAT IS DEAD, YOU HAVE TO HANG IT ON
A TREE BRANCH. IF IT IS A DEAD DOG, YOU THROW IT
IN THE RIVER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT OBSERVED THIS IN TAIWAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TAIWAN
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-12-1971