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KICK THE CAN
TAKE A CAN, KICK IT HIGH, AND WHILE FLYING, ALL
THE PLAYERS HIDE EXCEPT "IT" WHO KICKED THE CAN.
"IT" HAS TO FIND EVERYBODY. IF HE DIDN'T, HE
REMAINED "IT."
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A GAME PLAYED IN NEW YORK IN THE 1930S BY THE
INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NEW YORK ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 02-19-1970 ; 00001930S
KICK THE CAN
PLAYED LIKE BASEBALL, EXCEPT THAT THE CAN IS
THE BALL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
RING TOSS
DRAW THREE CIRCLES, EACH WITHIN THE OTHER, TEN FEET
FROM THE STARTING LINE. TOSS RUBBER JAR RINGS
INTO THE CIRCLES. INSIDE CIRCLE COUNTS 50,
SECOND 25, AND THIRD 10 POINTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
ARITHMATIC BINGO
ALL PLAYERS HAVE DIFFERENT CARDS. A LEADER GIVES
TWO NUMBERS TO BE ADDED IN YOUR HEAD. IF YOU HAVE
THE NUMBER, YOU MARK IT ON YOUR CARD AS IN REGULAR
BINGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
FOUR SQUARE
DIAGRAM ON 5 X 8 CARD SHOWS SQUARE DIVIDED INTO FOUR
SMALLER SQUARES, NUMBERED ACROSS TOP 1 AND 2, AND ON
BOTTOM, 3 AND 4.
SERVER STARTS THE BALL IN SQUARE NO. 1. YOU ARE
ALLOWED ONE BOUNCE IN YOUR SQUARE. YOU CANNOT LEAVE
YOUR SQUARE. IF YOU VIOLATE ONE OF THESE TWO RULES
YOU'RE OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
SPUD
YOU THROW UP A BALL AND CALL OUT "SPUD YOUR OUT."
TAKE THREE GIANT STEPS AND THROW THE BALL AT SOMEONE
TO TRY TO GET HIM OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
A STRING OF NYLONS ARE TIED AROUND A PLAYER'S WAIST
WITH A CARROT HANGING FROM ONE END, WHICH IS MOVED
TO THE BACK OF THE PLAYER AND HANGS DIRECTLY BEHIND
HER. THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO TRY TO GET THE
CARROT INTO A MILK BOTTLE BY BENDING UP AND DOWN
WITHOUT TOUCHING THE NYLONS TIED AROUND THE WAIST NOR
THE CARROT. THIS IS A GAME PLAYED AT MIXED PARTIES,
AND TO SEE IT IN MOTION IT LOOKS QUITE NASTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-18-1971
AGAINST THE WALL
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, A GAME WE COMMONLY PLAYED WAS CALLED
AGAINST-THE-WALL. IT WAS PLAYED USING A SMALL RUBBER
BALL AND THE WALL OF A HOUSE. THERE ARE TWELVE BASIC
FEATS WHICH (CAN)BE DONE IN SEVERAL POSITIONS. THE
FIRST POSITION IS USING BOTH HANDS AND MOVING WHERE EVER
YOU WISH. NEXT IT IS DONE IN STATIONARY POSITION. THEN
IT IS DONE WITH THE RIGHT HAND AND THEN WITH THE LEFT
HAND. THEN (WITH) RIGHT HAND STATIONARY AND LEFT HAND
STATIONARY. THE FEATS ARE 1-THROW THE BALL AGAINST
THE WALL AND CATCH IT. 2-THROW THE BALL AGAINST THE
WALL AND LET IT BOUNCE ONCE, DO THIS TWICE. 3-THROW
THE BALL AGAINST THE WALL AND CLAP YOUR HANDS THREE
TIMES, DO THIS THREE TIMES. 4-THROW THE BALL INTO THE
AIR AND CLAP FOUR TIMES; DO THIS FOUR TIMES. 5-THROW THE
BALL UNDER YOUR LEFT LEG AND HIT THE WALL WITH IT; DO THIS
FIVE TIMES. 6-THROW THE BALL AGAINST THE WALL AND CLAP
SLAP YOUR RIGHT LEG AND CLAP AGAIN BEFORE YOU CATCH THE
BALL; DO THIS SIX TIMES. 7-THROW THE BALL AGAINST THE
WALL AND CLAP IN FRONT OF YOU, BEHIND YOU AND IN FRONT
OF YOU AGAIN BEFORE YOU CATCH THE BALL; DO THIS SEVEN
TIMES. 8-THROW THE BALL ON THE GROUND AND IT MUST HIT
THE WALL AND BOUNCE OFF OF IT BEFORE YOU CATCH IT; DO
THIS EIGHT TIMES. 9-PLACE ONE OF YOUR ARMS OUT TO THE
WALL AND OUTSTRETCH YOUR HAND AGAINST THE WALL. WITH
YOUR OTHER HAND THROW THE BALL SO THAT IT WILL ENCIRCLE
THE ARM AND CATCH IT WITH THE SAME HAND, WITHOUT REMOVING
THE OTHER HAND FROM THE WALL. 10-THROW THE BALL AGAINST
THE WALL AND ROLL YOUR ARMS FORWARD FOR FIVE TIMES.
THEN YOU MUST SAY REVERSE AND REVERSE YOUR ARM DIRECTION
FOR THE NEXT FIVE TIMES. 11-THROW THE BALL AGAINST THE
WALL AND REVOLVE IN A CIRCLE BEFORE THE BALL IS CAUGHT;
DO THIS ELEVEN TIMES. 12-BOUNCE THE BALL ON THE GROUND
ALTERNATING HITTING THE BALL WITH THE TOP SIDE AND THE
BOTTOM SIDE OF THE HAND; DO THIS TWELVE TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A FOUR SIDED PIECE OF WOOD POINTED AT EACH END IS USED.
ON THE ENDS ARE MARKED I, III, V, X. YOU THROW IT
TO AN INDIVIDUAL AND IF A "I" IS THROWN, THE PERSON
GETS TO HIT THE STICK ONCE. IF A "III" IS THROWN, THE
PERSON GETS TO HIT THE STICK THREE TIMES. IF A "V" IS
THROWN THE PERSON GETS TO HIT THE STICK FIVE TIMES.
IF AN "X" IS THROWN THE PERSON IS AUTOMATICALLY OUT.
THE OBJECT IS TO TRY TO HIT THE STICK BETWEEN SOME
SPECIFIED GOALS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOESN'T KNOW NAME OF THIS GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
CADDY
THIS GAME WAS PLAYED ON AN EMPTY LOT OR ON A DESERTED
STREET. AT LEAST TWO MUST PLAY, BUT THERE IS NO LIMIT
ON THE NUMBER. A 2-1/2 TO 3 INCH PIECE IS SAWED OFF OF
A BROOMSTICK. ONE END IS WHITTLED TO FORM A SHARP
POINT. THE 2-1/2 TO 3 INCH PENCIL SHAPED PIECE IS
CALLED THE "CADDY." THE BROOM IS CUT OFF THE REMAINING
PIECE OF WOOD. THIS PIECE IS ALSO USED IN THE GAME.
THE CADDY IS PLACED AGAINST A MOUND OF DIRT OR A STONE
IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:
DIAGRAM ON 5 X 8 CARD SHOWS POINTED STICK LEANING ON
A MOUND OF DIRT OR STONE.
THE POINTED END OF THE CADDY IS STRUCK A DOWNWARD BLOW
WITH THE LONG PART OF THE BROOMSTICK. THE CADDY WILL FLY
UP IN THE AIR. WHILE IN THE AIR, THE CADDY IS STRUCK
AGAIN WITH THE BROOMSTICK. THE OBJECT IS TO KNOCK THE
CADDY AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FROM THE STONE OR DIRT MOUNT IT
WAS RESTING ON. AFTER THE CADDY STOPS, THE DISTANCE IS
COUNTED OFF IN STEPS AND RECORDED. AFTER A GIVEN
NUMBER OF TURNS, THE COMBINED SCORES ARE TOTALED AND
THE HIGHEST NUMBER WINS. IF A PLAYER COULD HIT THE
AIRBORN CADDY TWICE, HIS "STEP" SCORE WAS DOUBLED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT PLAYED THIS GAME IN THE 1920S AND 30S WITH HIS
BROTHERS AND FRIENDS. GIRLS COULD ALSO PLAY IF THEY
COULD HIT THE CADDY. INFORMANT'S SISTER-IN-LAW CLAIMS
THAT THIS WAS DIFFICULT.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
CHINESE JUMPROPE
SWISS CHILDREN HOOK A PIECE OF ELASTIC OVER THREE
POSTS AND THEN DO JUMPING TRICKS BY HOOKING THEIR
LEG IN AND OUT OF IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-04-1972
PINATA
AMONG THE MEXICANS, THERE IS A FAVORITE GAME CALLED
PINATA. A DONKEY (OR ANY FIGURE) IS MADE FROM
BRIGHTLY COLORED PAPER OR OTHER MATERIAL. THEN,
SEVERAL CHILDREN ARE BLIND-FOLDED AND THEY TRY TO
STRIKE THE DONKEY WITH AN INSTRUMENT. THE DONKEY,
HOWEVER, IS BEING PULLED AROUND BY A STRING BY
SOMEONE INVOLVED IN THE GAME. THE CHILD WHO
SUCCESSFULLY STRIKES THE DONKEY DISCOVERS THAT IT IS
FILLED WITH CANDY AND SWEET BREADS. THIS IS AN
ESPECIALLY FAVORITE GAME AT CHRISTMAS TIME,
ALTHOUGH IT IS PLAYED ALL YEAR ROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-15-1971
KNIFE GAME
WHEN I WAS ABOUT 12, WE USED TO PLAY A GAME WITH POCKET
KNIVES WHICH WE REFERRED TO AS "SPLIT" OR "STRETCH."
TWO BOYS WOULD STAND FACING ONE ANOTHER WITH THEIR FEET
TOGETHER. THE BOYS WOULD TAKE TURNS THROWING THEIR
KNIVES AND TRYING TO STICK THEM IN THE GROUND.
WHEN A BOY'S KNIFE STUCK, THE OTHER BOY HAD TO
"STRETCH" ONE LEG UNTIL HIS FOOT TOUCHED THE KNIFE,
KEEPING THE OTHER FOOT IN PLACE. THE BOYS WOULD
CONTINUE, REMOVING THE KNIVES AND RE-THROWING THEM
UNTIL ONE BOY STUCK HIS IN SO FAR AWAY THAT THE OTHER
BOY COULD NOT STRETCH FAR ENOUGH TO TOUCH IT AND
WOULD THEREFORE LOSE THE GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HOUSE BALL
THIS GAME IS PLAYED ON A WALL OF A HOUSE WITH A RUBBER
BALL. IT IS ON THE SAME PRINCIPLE AS CURB BALL, BUT
INSTEAD OF THROWING DOWN AT THE CURB, THE BALL IS
THROWN IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION AGAINST THE WALL.
CERTAIN BOUNDS ARE MADE AND RULES FOR SCORING. THE
FIELDER MUST CATCH THE BALL IN THE AIR BEFORE IT
BOUNCES FOR AN OUT. OVER THE GARAGES IS A FOUL
BALL AND INTO THE GARAGE IS A HOME RUN. (REGULATIONS
ARE AVAILABLE ON LOCATION OF WALL.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
BUICK
IN BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN IN THE LATE 1950S WE PLAYED
A GAME CALLED "BUICK" (PRONOUNCED AS WE PERCEIVED
A BLACK MAN MIGHT AND NAMED FOR SAME BECAUSE MORE
BLACKS SEEMED TO BUY BUICKS--"DEUCE AND A QUARTERS"
THAN WHITES). YOU WERE A "B" THEN A "BU" ETC.
EACH TIME YOU MISSED THE (TENNIS) BALL COMING OFF
THE (GARAGE) ROOF IN A PREDETERMINED ROTATION OF
PLAYERS. ONCE A B-U-I-C-K YOU WERE OUT OF THE GAME;
THE LAST PLAYER REMAINING WON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 12-00-1971 ; 00001950S
HIT THE BAT
IN "HELL'S KITCHEN" AND MAMARONECK, NEW YORK, WE PLAYED
A BASEBALL GAME CALLED "HIT THE BAT." ONE PLAYER WOULD
HIT THE BALL "OUT OF HIS HAND" TO A GROUP DOWN THE
STREET WHO WOULD VIE TO CATCH IT. THE SUCCESSFUL PERSON
WOULD THEN (FROM THE CATCHING POINT) THROW THE BALL
BACK TOWARD THE HITTER (WHO HAS NOW LAID THE BAT
DOWN ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF HIM) IN SUCH A MANNER
THAT IT STRIKES THE BAT AND FLIES UP INTO THE AIR TO
THE HITTER, WHO MUST THEN CATCH THE AIRBORNE BALL
OR RELINQUISH HIS POSITION TO THE THROWER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; MAMARONECK ; HELLS KITCHEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
BASEBALL
TO DETERMINE WHICH TEAM WOULD HIT FIRST, ONE PLAYER
WOULD TOSS A BAT TO A MEMBER OF THE OPPOSITE TEAM
(PRESELECTED PEOPLE); WHERE THE SECOND PLAYER CAUGHT
THE BAT (KNOB UP), WOULD BE THE STARTING POINT FOR
ALTERNATING HAND GRIPS (ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER) OF
EACH PLAYER TOWARD THE BAT KNOB. THE LAST PLAYER ABLE
TO SUFFICIENTLY GRASP THE BAT WOULD BE THE WINNER.
"SUFFICIENTLY GRASPING" WAS DETERMINED BY BEING BLE TO
THROW THE BAT AT LEAST 10 PACES, OR WITHSTANDING THE
OPPONENT'S KICK AT THE BAT BOTTOM WITHOUT DROPPING IT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00001950S
WE PLAYED A BASEBALL GAME IN NEW YORK CALLED
"FLIES AND GROUNDERS." ONE MAN HIT THE BALL TO A
GROUP OF FIELDERS WHO HAD TO ACCUMULATE FIVE FLIES
AND 10 GROUNDERS TO BE THE NEXT BATTER.
Where learned: NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
CONKERS
TAKE A CHESTNUT, BORE A HOLE THROUGH IT; TAKE A
STRING AND TIE IT THROUGH.
EACH OPPONENT HAS TO TRY AND SMASH THE OTHER MAN'S
CHESTNUT WITHOUT CRACKING HIS OWN.
Submitter comment: NEW FAD IN IRELAND, FALL OF 1971
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; IRELAND
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
IT WAS A GAME IN GROSSE POINTE FARMS FOR A FEW YOUNG
BOYS (ABOUT AGE 10) TO GO INTO A FRIEND'S BASEMENT
AND WITH THE LIGHTS OFF, THROW BOXING GLOVES AT
EACH OTHER.
Submitter comment: MIKE HADN'T THOUGHT OF THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; GROSSE POINTE FARMS
Keyword(s): SPARRING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-10-1971