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TO BE PLAYED AT A PARTY. A SHEET IS PLACED OVER ONE
PERSON (MALE OR FEMALE) AND IS TOLD THAT HE IS IN
A HOT DESERT. HE IS THEN INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE
WHAT IS MAKING HIM HOT. UNWITTINGLY, HE BEGINS
TO REMOVE ARTICLES OF CLOTHING, WHEN ALL HE NEED
DO IS REMOVE THE SHEET.
Submitter comment: THIS GAME WAS PLAYED AT A PARTY HE ATTENDED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-03-1967
YOU COUNT UP TO TEN AND THEN YOU YELL, ALL AROUND
THE GOAL IS IT, AND IF YOU NOT READY HOLLER.
THEN YOU PROCEED TO LOOK FOR THEM, AND THE FIRST ONE
CAUGHT IS IT.
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: HOSPITAL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 10-24-1967
SIMPLE DODGE BALL
THE PLAYERS ARE ARRANGED WITH ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF
THE PLAYERS IN A CIRCLE AND THE REMAINING ONE THIRD
INSIDE THE CIRCLE. THOSE IN THE CIRCLE HAVE A SOFT
BALL WITH WHICH THEY TRY AND HIT THOSE INSIDE
THE CIRCLE. A HIT MUST BE BELOW THE WAIST. WHEN
HE IS HIT, A PLAYER JOINS THE CIRCLE. THE LAST ONE
IN THE CIRCLE WINS THE GAME.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED IN GYM CLASS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; HAMBURG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
SIMON SAYS
ONE PLAYER IS SELECTED AS THE LEADER. HE STANDS IN
THE FRONT OF THE ROOM AND THE OTHER PLAYERS STAND IN
THE AISLES FACING THE LEADER. THE LEADER GIVES
COMMANDS, SOME OF WHICH ARE PREFACED BY "SIMON SAYS."
AND SOME OF WHICH ARE NOT. THE PLAYERS MUST DO
EVERYTHING THAT BEGINS WITH "SIMON SAYS," BUT HAVE
AN OPTION ON THE OTHERS. ANY PLAYER WHO MAKES A
MISTAKE, IF CAUGHT BY THE LEADER, MUST BE SEATED.
AFTER THE LEADER HAS CAUGHT THREE ERRORS BY PLAYERS
ANOTHER LEADER IS SELECTED AND GAME CONTINUES WITH
THOSE SEATED REJOINING.
Submitter comment:
KATHY DOES NOT REMEMBER SOURCE. PROBABLY IN HER
NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
LEAP FROG
CHILDREN LINE UP IN DOUBLED UP POSITION. THE ONE
AT THE REAR OF THE LINE LEAPS OVER THOSE IN FRONT
OF HIM. THE LAST ONE IN LINE IS THEREFORE
CONTINUOUSLY CHANGING AND THE LINE MOVES FORWARD.
Submitter comment: I PROBABLY LEARNED THIS IN KINDERGARTEN.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; HAMBURG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
POLISH SOCCER
THIS DEVIATES FROM NORMAL SOCCER IN THAT IT IS
CONTINUOUS PLAY AND ALL ROUGHHOUSE TACTICS ARE
LEGAL. IT IS USUALLY PLAYED WITH A GREAT MANY
PEOPLE IN A SMALL AREA. THREE MEN ARE ALLOWED TO
PROTECT YOUR GOAL WHILE EVERYONE ELSE REPRESENTS
THE OFFENSE. THEY FORM A WALL AND LITERALLY PUSH
THE BALL THROUGH THE OPPOSING TEAM'S GOAL RESTRIC-
TIONS. THE MORE KICKS, ELBOWS AND PUNCHES THE
BETTER.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS IN HIGY SCHOOL GHM CLASS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; HAMBURG
RUSSIAN BASKETBALL
THIS DEVIATES FROM NORMAL BASKETBALL IN THAT YOU MUST
PASS THE BALL CONTINUOUSLY BUT MAY OCCASIONALLY
CARRY IT WITH YOU, BUT ARE ALLOWED NEVER TO DRIBBLE
IT. AS IN POLISH SOCCER, IT IS PLAYED IN A SMALL
AREA WITH MANY PLAYERS. ALL ROUGHHOUSE TACTICS ARE
LEGAL. EACH TEAM IS AN OFFENSIVE TEAM CONVERTED
TO A DEFENSE WHEN NEEDED TO ALLAY THE OPPOSING
FORCE. AS IS THE OBJECT IN REGULAR BASKETBALL, YOU
HAVE TO SCORE POINTS WHICH ARE RECORDED AS ONE POINT
FOR EVERY FIELD GOAL WHICH YOU GET ANY WAY YOU CAN.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL GYM CLASS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; HAMBURG
Date learned: HIGH SCHOOL
HIDE AND SEEK
ONE PLAYER IS IT AND HE STANDS AT THE GOAL (TREE,
POST, ETC.) AND THE OTHER PLAYERS HIDE. WHILE THE
OTHERS RUN AND HIDE, HE COUNTS TWENTY-FIVE. HE THEN
CALLS THAT HE IS COMING AND GOES TO LOOK FOR THEM.
THE FIRST ONE WHOM HE FINDS IS IT NEXT TIME THE GAME
IS PLAYED. HE CONTINUES TO SEARCH UNTIL ALL ARE
FOUND. A HIDER MAY SAVE HIMSELF BY REACHING AND
TAGGING THE GOAL BEFORE THE "IT" DOES.
Submitter comment: I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE I LEARNED IT.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; HAMBURG
Date learned: HIGH SCHOOL
BLIND MAN'S BLUFF
THE PLAYERS ARE IN A CIRCLE FORMATION WITH ONE
PLAYER, THE BLIND MAN, IN THE CENTER AND BLIND-
FOLDED. THE CIRCLE MOVES AROUND UNTIL THE BLIND MAN
SLAPS HIS HANDS. HE THEN POINTS TOWARD THE CIRCLE OF
PLAYERS AND CALLS THE NAME OF ANY ANIMAL. THE PLAYER
TO WHOM HE IS POINTING MUST MAKE A NOISE LIKE THAT
ANIMAL AND THE BLIND MAN GUESSES WHO THE PLAYER IS.
THREE TRIALS ARE GIVEN HIM. IF HE IS SUCCESSFUL IN
GUESSING THE NAME OF THE PLAYER, THEN THAT PLAYER
BECOMES THE BLIND MAN. IF HE DOESN'T GUESS CORRECTLY
THE GAME IS COMPLETED WHEN HE DOES.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED AS A CHILD IN NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
DROP THE HANDKERCHIEF
THE PLAYERS STAND IN A CIRCLE FORMATION FACING THE
CENTER OF THE CIRCLE. ONE CHILD IS IT AND HE RUNS
AROUND THE CIRCLE AND DROPS A HANDKERCHIEF BACK OF
AND CLOSE TO ANOTHER PLAYER. HE CONTINUES TO RUN
AROUND THE CIRCLE AND THE PLAYER BEHIND WHOM THE
HANDKERCHIEF WAS DROPPED PICKS IT UP AND RUNS IN THE
DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO THAT TAKEN BY THE OTHER PLAYER.
THE PLAYER WHO FIRST REACHES THE PLACE IN THE CIRCLE
VACATED BY THE SECOND PLAYER IS SAFE AND THE OTHER
PLAYER IS IT. THE CHILD WHO IS IT TAKES OR KEEPS
THE HANDKERCHIEF AND THE GAME IS REPEATED.
Submitter comment: MARY LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
RED LIGHT
THE PLAYER SELECTED TO BE IT STANDS ON A GOAL LINE
MARKED ACROSS ONE END OF THE PLAY AREA. THE OTHER
PLAYERS ARE ON A STARTING LINE AT THE OPPOSITE END.
THE CHILD WHO IS IT CALLS, "GREEN LIGHT!" HE TURNS
HIS BACK TO PLAYERS AND COUNTS ALOUD, "1-2-3----10,
RED LIGHT!" THE PLAYERS START ON THE SIGNAL "GREEN
LIGHT!" AND RUN TOWARD THE GOAL LINE, BUT THEY MUST
STOP ON THE WORDS, "RED LIGHT." ON THIS SIGNAL
IT TURNS TO FACE THE PLAYERS. IF HE SEES A PLAYER
MOVING HIS FEET, HE SENDS HIM BACK TO THE STARTING
LINE. EACH PLAYER TRIES TO BE THE FIRST TO THE GOAL
LINE.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED AS A CHILD IN NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
SPEEDBOAT
I ALWAYS PLAYED THIS WITH ONLY ONE OTHER PERSON.
AFTER RECITING:
SPEEDBOAT, SPEEDBOAT
HOW FAST CAN YOU GO!?
TWO OF US WOULD JOIN HANDS AND GO AROUND AS FAST
AS WE COULD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
RED ROVER
THE PLAYERS GET IN TWO LINES FACING EACH OTHER. THEN
EACH TEAM CHANTS:
"RED ROVER, RED ROVER, LET (NAME) COME OVER."
ALTERNATELY. THE PERSON NAMED HAS TO RUN AND
ATTEMPT TO BREAK THROUGH THE LINE OF LINKED ARMS
IN THE OPPOSITE TEAM. IF THE PLAYER SUCCEEDS, HE
CHOSES A MEMBER OF THE OPPOSING TEAM AND RETURNS
TO HIS OWN SIDE. IF HE FAILS, THEN HE REMAINS ON THE
OPPOSING SIDE. THEN IT'S THE OTHER SIDE'S TURN AND
THE GAME CONTINUES UNTIL THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON
LEFT ON ONE SIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
HOP SCOTCH
DIAGRAM OF HOP SCOTCH GAME LAYOUT ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Where learned: DETROIT ; KEATING SCHOOL ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
HOP SCOTCH.
DIAGRAM OF HOP SCOTCH GAME LAYOUT ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Where learned: DETROIT ; KEATING SCHOOL ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
HOP SCOTCH
DIAGRAM OF HOP SCOTCH GAME LAYOUT ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Where learned: DETROIT ; KEATING SCHOOL ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
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NIGGER BABY
THROW A BALL ON THE ROOF OF A HOUSE OR GARAGE.
CALL A NAME WHEN THROWING; THAT PERSON MUST CATCH
THE BALL BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND; THE REST OF THE
CHILDREN RUN AWAY.
WHEN YOU CATCH THE BALL YELL--NIGGER BABY. EVERYONE
MUST STOP WHERE THEY ARE; PERSON WITH THE BALL THROWS
IT AT SOMEONE TRYING TO HIT THEM. IF HIT, THAT
PERSON THEN YOU ARE OUT AND IF YOU DIDN'T HIT THEM,
YOU MUST TRY AGAIN.
DIAGRAM OF HOP SCOTCH GAME LAYOUT ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FLASHLIGHT GAME
ANY NUMBER OF KIDS, USUALLY THREE OR MORE, CAN
PLAY THIS GAME. EVERYONE HIDES AND THE PERSON
WITH THE FLASHLIGHT TRIES TO PUT THE LIGHT ON
THE HIDERS. IF HE SHINES THE LIGHT ON YOU, YOU
ARE IT, BUT IF YOU GET TO THE GOAL, YOU ARE SAFE.
Submitter comment:
SHE USED TO PLAY THIS GAME IN DETROIT, WHEN SHE
WAS SMALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 10-24-1967
SARDINES
ONE OR TWO PEOPLE HIDE. THE REST OF THE GROUP TRIES
TO FIND THESE TWO. AFTER THEY FIND THE ONE'S
THAT ARE HIDING, THE ENTIRE GROUP TRIES TO GET INTO
THIS PLACE, THUS THEY ARE PACKED LIKE SARDINES.
Submitter comment: SHE PLAYED THIS IN DETROIT WHEN SHE WAS SMALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 10-24-1967
THE MATCH GAME
ANY NUMBER OF PEOPLE MAY PLAY THIS GAME, ALTHOUGH IT
IS PREFERABLE THAT NO MORE THAN FIVE OR SIX PLAY.
THE PLAYERS FORM A CIRCLE AND LIGHT A MATCH. THE
MATCH IS THEN PASSED AROUND THE CIRCLE (IN EITHER
DIRECTION) AND WHEN THE MATCH GOES OUT, THE PERSON
HOLDING THE MATCH MUST ANSWER A QUESTION FROM ONE
OF THE OTHER PLAYERS. PERSONAL QUESTIONS ARE
IN PARTICULAR INVITED.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT, LEARNED THIS GAME FROM A FELLOW
EMPLOYEE AT ALLIS-CHALMERS CORP, IN MILWAUKEE, WISC.
A FREDERICK RODRIGUEZ, OF CARACAS, VENEZUELA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |