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HOG
A GROUP OF 9 OR MORE PASS THE BASKETBALL AROUND AFTER
TRYING TO MAKE A BASKET. THE FIRST PERSON MAKING THREE BASKETS
SPELLS HOG (ONE LETTER IS EARNED PER BASKET MADE BY THE PLAYER)
WINS THE GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 01-10-0198
JACKS
THIS GAME OF JACKS IS PLAYED WITH TWELVE JACKS.
THE JACKS ARE SCATTERED OVER THE PLAYING AREA,THE
PLAYER BEIGN PICKING UP THE JACKS STARTING WITH ONES
AND WORKING UP TO THE TWELVES.
AS A PERSON PICKS UP THE JACKS THEY MUST KEEP THEM IN
THE HAND NOT USED TO THROW THE BALL WITH. IF ANY OF THE JACKS
ARE DROPPED FROM THIS HAND BEFORE THEY COMPLETE THE NUMBER
THEY ARE ON THEY ARE OUT.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE TENS YOU HAVE TO SLIDE TEN JACKS
IN THE HAND NOT USED TO CATCH THE BALL WITH.
WHEN DOING ELEVENS YOU HAVE TO PICK UP ONE JACK AT A TIME
AND TAP IN ON THE FLOOR TWO TIMES BEFORE CATCHING THE BALL.
ON YOUR TWELVES YOU MUST SAY JACK-BE-NIMBLE-JACK-BE-QUICK
JACK-JUMPED-OVER THE CANDLESTICK;BEFORE CATCHING THE BALL.
Submitter comment:
THE VARIANT IN THIS GAME AND THE WAY I LEARNED TO PLAY
IS IN THE PART WHERE YOU MUST KEEP THE JACKS IN YOUR HAND.
WE WERE ALLOWED TO SIT OUR JACKS DOWN AFTER WE PICKED THEM UP.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 01-00-0198
ROCKTEACHER
THE NUMBERS OF PLAYERS IS LIMITED TO THE AMOUNT THAT CAN SIT
ON ONE PORCH STEP. ONE PERSON PLAYS THE ROLE OF
A TEACHER. THE OTHER PLAYERS SIT ON THE STEP AND ACT LIKE
STUDENTS. THE TEACHER HAS ONE ROCK IN HER HAND,AND PUTS HER
HANDS BEHIND HER BACK TO FOOL THE STUDENTS. THEN SHE PUTS
HER HAND IN FRONT OF THE STUDENTS AND ALLOWS THEM
TO SELECT THE HAND WITH THE ROCK IN IT. EACH TIME
A STUDENT GUESSES CORRECTLY THEY MOVE UP ONE STEP UNTIL
THEY REACH THE PORCH AND GO BACK DOWN TO THE FIRST STEP.
THE FIRST COMPLETING THIS PROCESS BECOMES THE
TEACHER AND THE TEACHER BECOMES A STUDENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 01-00-0198
MEDICINE
COW MANURE BOILED IS A CURE FOR SORE THROAT, SWOLLEN
GLANDS AND WHOOPING COUGHS.
Submitter comment:
THIS REMEDY WAS PASSED DOWN FROM ANCESTOR OF MY
MOTHER'S MOTHER; MOST OF HER ANCESTORS WERE AMERICAN
INDIANS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 01-00-0198
CRIBBAGE
A GAME PLAYED LIKE CHESS. THE BOARD HAS HOLES IN IT WITH
PEGS IN THE HOLES. THE PLAYERS HAVE TO REMOVE ALL
PEGS BEFORE THEY ARE REMOVED BY THE OPPONENT. MOVES ARE
MADE IN THE SAME MANNER AS MOVES IN CHESS.
Where learned: NIGERIA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 01-10-0198
THIS GAME MAY BE PLAYED WITH TWO PEOPLE OR MORE.
THE ONLY ITEM NEEDED IS A DICTIONARY. IF TWO PEOPLE
ARE COMPETING, THEN THE DICTIONARY IS DIVIDED AT THE
LETTER "M." PLAYER #1 CHOOSES ANY WORD IN THE FIRST
HALF OF THE DICTIONARY AND READS THE ENTIRE ENTRY
ALOUD, WITHOUT NAMING THE WORD. PLAYER #2 MUST THEN
GUESS THE WORD. THE TIME LIMIT IS AT THE DISCRETION
OF THE PLAYERS. THE ACTION IS REPEATED, WITH PLAYER #2
SELECTING A WORD FROM THE SECOND HALF OF THE DICTIONARY.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE OFTEN PLAYED THIS GAME. IT IS MORE DIFFICULT
THAN IT SEEMS! THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS THE
INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGE, THEREFORE, NO SCORE IS KEPT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1983
"TRAFFIC" (CHILDREN'S GAME WITH BICYCLES)
"WHEN WE WERE KIDS THE NEIGHBOR KIDS WOULD COME OVER TO OUR HOUSE
WITH THEIR BICYCLES TO PLAY 'TRAFFIC.' ONE PERSON WOULD BE THE
POLICEMAN WHICH WAS DETERMINED BY A RACE TO THE END OF THE DRIVE-
WAY. THERE WERE CERTAIN RULES TO THE GAME: YOU HAD TO STOP AT
ALL THE 'STOP SIGNS' AND YOU COULDN'T GO THE WRONG WAY ON THE
ONE-WAY SIDEWALKS AND DRIVEWAY. ALSO, YOU HAD TO USE HAND
SIGNALS TO SHOW STOPPING, TURNING, ETC. AND NO SPEEDING WAS
ALLOWED. IF YOU DISOBEYED ANY OF THESE RULES AND THE POLICEMAN
CAUGHT YOU THREE TIMES, YOU BECAME THE POLICEMAN."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 04-00-1984
COLORED EGGS
THIS GAME WAS PLAYED ON A SWING SET. THE PLAYERS NUMBERED
ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO MORE. ONE PERSON WAS THE WOLF--THE
REST OF THE PLAYERS WERE EASTER BUNNIES. THERE WAS A
MOTHER BUNNY AND HER BABIES. EACH OF THE BUNNIES SAT
ON THE SWINGS. THE BUNNIES WOULD EACH HAVE AN
EASTER EGG AND WOULD SECRETLY DECIDE A COLOR FOR IT . THE
WOLF WOULD TRY TO GUESS THE COLORS OF THE EASTER EGGS.
IF HE GUESSED RIGHT, HE WOULD CHASE THE LITTLE BUNNY
WHOSE COLOR HE HAD GUESSED UNTIL HE CAUGHT THE BUNNY
OR THE BUNNY REACHED THE SAFETY OF THE SWING SET. IF
HE DID NOT CATCH THE BUNNY HE WOULD PLAY WOLF UNTIL HE DID.
IF THE BUNNY WAS CAUGHT, HE WOULD PLAY WOLF AND THE WOLF
WOULD PLAY THE BUNNY.
Submitter comment: THIS GAME WAS PLAYED IN ARKANSAS AROUND EASTER TIME.
Where learned: Arkansas ; LITTLE ROCK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
WILD GOOSE CHASE
THIS IS HIDE AND GO SEEK ON A BIKE. ALL THE CHILDREN ARE ON BIKES
AND ONE PERSON IS IT.
THERE MAY BE 10 TO 20 CHILDREN ON THEIR BIKES.
ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT IT RIDE ON THEIR BIKES AND HIDE (THE KIDS
ARE NOT ALLOWED TO GET OFF OF THEIR BIKES). THE PERSON WHO IS IT HAS
TO FIND AND TAG THEM WITH ONE HAND.
THE WINNER OF THE GAME IS THE PERSON WHO DOES NOT GET TAGGED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Hiding Searching Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
CURB BASEBALL
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER MY BEST FRIEND'S BROTHER TAUGHT US
A NEW AND EXCITING WAY TO PLAY BASEBALL. FIRST, IT
REQUIRED A STREET AND A FENCE PARALLEL TO THE STREET AND
A RUBBER BALL. THERE ARE ONLY TWO PLAYERS IN THE GAME,
THE BATTER STANDS IN THE STREET AND THROWS THE BALL AT THE
CURB IN FRONT OF HIM. IF THE BALL MISSES THE CURB IT IS A STRIKE,
IF IT HITS THE CURB AND BOUNCES BACK THE PLAYER MUST CATCH
THE BALL IN THE AIR TO GET THE OUT. TO SCORE IN THIS GAME,
THE BATTER MUST BOUNCE THE BALL OFF THE CURB AND HAVE IT
GO OVER THE FENCE. THIS GAME DOES NOT HAVE INNINGS OR A TIME
LIMIT; YOU JUST PLAY UNTIL YOU GET BORED.
Submitter comment:
SINCE THEN I HAVE TAUGHT SEVERAL YOUNGER CHILDREN
HOW TO PLAY CURB BASEBALL.
THE FENCE IS BEHIND THE PLAYER IN THE STREET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 07-00-1976
GARAGE BASEBALL
MY FRIEND AND I WERE SOON BORED WITH CURB BASEBALL, SO
WE DECIDED TO COME UP WITH A NEW GAME CALLED GARAGEBALL.
THIS GAME WAS ALSO PLAYED WITH ONLY TWO PEOPLE, EXCEPT THIS
TIME THE FIELDER PITCHED THE BALL AT THE GARAGE.
WHAT WAS SO UNUSUAL ABOUT THE GAME WAS THAT THE BATTER
FACED THE GARAGE INSTEAD OF THE PITCHER. TO CLARIFY THINGS UP,
THE FIELDER THROWS THE BALL AT THE GARAGE, IT BOUNCES OFF
THE GARAGE AND THE BATTER TRIES TO HIT IT. IF HE MISSES IT IS
A STRIKE, THE BATTER MUST HIT THE BALL BACK AGAINST THE
GARAGE AND THE FIELDER MUST CATCH IT OFF THE BOUNCE
IN ORDER TO GET THE BATTER OUT; IF HE MISSES IT IS A BASE
HIT. SIDES ARE SWITCHED WHEN THREE OUTS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): GAMES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 07-00-1976
KICK THE CAN
YOU PUT A CAN IN A DESIGNATED SPOT AGREED UPON BY ALL OF
THE PLAYERS. ONE PERSON IS CHOSEN TO BE "IT". ALL OF
THE OTHER PLAYERS HIDE. THE OBJECT IS FOR SOMEONE TO
KICK THE CAN BEFORE ANYONE IS FOUND. IF SOMEONE IS FOUND
BEFORE THE CAN IS KICKED THAT PERSON BECOMES "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
CORNER HOCKEY
YOU NEED FOUR PARTICIPANTS TO PLAY. IT IS PLAYED
INDOORS. THERE ARE TWO TEAMS OF TWO PLAYERS EACH.
EACH PLAYER STANDS IN A CORNER OF A ROOM. A PUCK
IS PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR. A SIGNAL IS
GIVEN FOR THE START OF THE GAME. ALL PLAYERS CONVERGE
ON THE PUCK. THEY THEN TRY TO PUT THE PUCK IN
THE OPPOSING TEAM'S GOAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
BASEBALL CARD TRADING WORKS LIKE THE CARD
GAME WAR. ON THE BACK OF ALL TOPPS BASEBALL
THERE IS A NUMBER, OR AN INSTRUCTION, AS TO
HOW A STEP OF THE GAME IS TO BE PLAYED.
IF PLAYERS ARE USING THE NUMBER METHOD, THE
NUMBER WINS THE FLIP. THE INSTRUCTION METHOD
IS PLAYED MUCH THE SAME AS A REGULAR GAME
OF BASEBALL IS PLAYED. THE HIGHER OF THE TWO
INSTRUCTIONS WINS THE HAND. INNINGS ARE
PLAYED AND RUNS ARE SCORED. AFTER RUNNING OUT
OF CARDS, THE PLAYER WITH THE MOST RUNS WINS.
SOMETIMES, THE DIFFERENCE IN RUNS BETWEEN
THE SCORES DETERMINES HOW MANY CARDS ARE TO BE
TRADED BY THE LOSER.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
TWO BOUNCE SHOT
SHOOTER TAKES SHOT. IF A BASKET IS MADE
HE RECEIVES TWO POINTS. IF A BASKET IS
NOT MADE THE PLAYERS MUST LET THE BALL
BOUNCE TWICE BEFORE IT CAN COME BACK
INTO PLAY. FIFTEEN POINTS WIN THE GAME.
THERE IS ARE NO LIMITS ON THE NUMBER OF
PLAYERS. IT IS "EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1982
AROUND THE WORLD
THERE IS NO LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS.
THERE ARE PRE-DESIGNATED SHOOTING POSITIONS.
THE FIRST SHOOTER TAKES HIS FIRST SHOT
FROM DIRECTLY UNDER THE BASKET. IF HE MAKES
THE SHOT, HE MOVES TO THE NEXT DESIGNATED
SHOOTING POSITION (FURTHER FROM THE BASKET).
IF HE MISSES THIS FIRST SHOT, HE LOSES HIS TURN,
AND THE NEXT PLAYER TAKES HIS SHOT. IF THE
PLAYER IS NOT AT THE FIRST POSITION AND MISSES
HIS FIRST SHOT, HE MAY DECIDE TO TAKE A SECOND
SHOT. THIS SHOT IS CALLED A CHANCE. IF THE
PLAYER MISSES THE CHANCE SHOT, HE LOSES HIS
TURN AND GOES BACK TO THE STARTING POSITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY ; 48072
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
CHICKEN
CHICKEN IS A GAME, PLAYED BY CADDIES, THAT
IS SIMILAR TO OTHER GAMES OF DARE. HOWEVER,
ONE OF THE PEOPLE PARTAKING IN THE GAME
MAY NOT KNOW HE IS PLAYING.
TO PLAY CHICKEN, PARTICIPAINTS MUST BE WILLING
TO RISK POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OR EVEN DISMISSAL.
BAGS ARE RIGGED TO FALL APART, AND GOLF CLUB
GRIPS ARE SOAKED WITH WATER TO MAKE THEM
VERY DIFFICULT TO PLAY WITH. THERE ARE NO
WINNERS IN THIS GAME, BUT IT DOES PRODUCE SOME
VERY FUNNY SITUATIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
THERE ARE MANY GAMES THAT CAN BE PLAYED BY
GOLFERS ON THE GOLF COURSE. THESE ARE
UNOFFICIAL GAMES THAT ARE PLAYED FOR THE
OF BETTING.
GREENIES- ANY TEE SHOT THAT LANDS ON THE GREEN.
ONLY PLAYED ON PAR THREES.
SANDIES- WHEN A PERSON CHIPS OUT OF A SAND TRAP,
ONTO THE GREEN, AND PARS THE HOLE, HE
RECEIVES A SANDY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
CADDIES HAVE A HIERARCHY OF RANK WHICH
WORKS BY SENIORITY. THE PERSON WITH THE
MOST SENIORITY, EVEN IF HE IS NOT OF THE
HIGHEST RANK, GETS TO GO FIRST, HAVE THE
BEST, OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS NOTED IN CALLOW'S FOLKLORE CLASS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
BOOMERANG
SINCE A BOOMERANG NATURALLY COMES BACK TO
THE THROWER, IT IS EASY TO MAKE A GAME
FOR TARGET PRACTICE. DESIGNATE A 20-FOOT
DIAMETER TARGET AREA.
THE FIRST ONE TO LAND THEIR BOOMERANG
IN THIS AREA WINS THE GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSCOMMON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1972