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FOLK GAME
EACH PLAYER WOULD HAVE A LONG STICK. ONE PERSON WILL
THROW HIS STICK INTO A MUD HOLE. IF THE SECOND PERSON
KNOCKS THE FIRST PERSON'S STICK WITH HIS, HE CAN THEN
THROW THE OTHER'S PERSON'S STICK AND MAKE HIM CHASE IT.
Submitter comment: DON'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
FLIES
ONE PERSON TAKES A BALL AND THROWS IT AGAINST THE
AND THE PERSON WHO CATCHES IT THROWS IT
AGAIN AND IT GOES ON LIKE THAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-11-1971
BALL RACE
AMERICAN INDIAN CHLDREN'S GAME.
EQUIPMENT: A BALL FOR EACH PLAYER. THE INDIANS USE A
FIVE OR 6 INCH BALL OF WOOD OR STONE COVERED WITH
MESQUITE GUM. A VOLLEYBALL OR PLAY BALL MAY BE USED.
ACTION: PLAYERS ENGAGE INA FOOT RACE IN WHICH THEY KICK
THE BALL AHEAD OF THEM. A PLAYER HAS NOT FINISHED
THE COURSE UNTIL BOTH HE AND THE BALL ARE OVER THE
GOAL LINE. TOUCHING THE BALL WITH THE HANDS DISQUALIFIED
A PLAYER.
VARIATION: USE A FOOTBALL. THIS WILL MAKE IT HARDER TO
KEEP THE BALL ON COURSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
PLAYING CARDS OR BALLOONS CAN BE ATTACHED TO FENDER
BRACES BY CLOTHESPINS TO PRODUCE A MOTOR SOUND
AS THEY RUB AGAINST THE WHEEL SPOKES (ON A BICYCLE).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00001958 CA.
CUT-THE-CHEESE
TWO PEOPLE START SWINGING A JUMP-ROPE. THE OBJECT
IS TO BE ABLE TO RUN THROUGH THE ROPE WITHOUT
TOUCHING IT. COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU CAN
DO IT. ONE WHO DOES IT THE MOST TIMES WITHOUT
TOUCHING THE ROPE WINS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; ON WAY TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
SCHOOL--JUMP ROPE GAME
EACH OF THOSE JUMPING WOULD BEGIN BY MERELY RUNNING
THROUGH THE ROPE. THE SECOND TIME THEY WOULD
JUMP ONCE. THE THIRD TIME, TWICE AND SO FORTH,
AS HIGH AS THEY COULD GO WITHOUT MISSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
ERASER TAG
PLAYED IN THE CLASSROOM. ONE PERSON IS IT. HE HAS
AN ERASER PLACED ON HIS HEAD. THE OBJECT IS TO TAG
SOMEONE WITHOUT LETTING THE ERASER FALL OFF.
GAME GOES UNTIL SOMEONE IS TAGGED OR IT GIVES UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
V.B.B.
PLAYED IN SCHOOL GYM. ONE PERSON HITS THE BALL, LIKE
A VOLLEY-BALL SERVE. THEN HE STARTS RUNNING AROUND
THE GYM. THE REST OF THE CLASS MUST FIELD THE
BALL AND THROW IT THREE TIMES TO TRY TO GET IT TO A
PERSON CLOSE TO A BASKET, WHO MUST RECEIVE THE BALL
AND SHOOT A BASKET BEFORE THE RUNNER COMPLETES ONE
FULL TRIP AROUND THE GYM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
SCATTERBALL
PLAYED IN SCHOOL GYM. EVERYBODY IS OUT ON THE GYM
FLOOR WHEN THE GAME STARTS. THE TEACHER THROWS
A BALL OUT ONTO THE FLOOR AND THE GAME STARTS.
THE PERSON THAT GETS THE BALL MAY HIT WHOEVER HE
WANTS. BUT, HE MAY NOT MOVE FROM THE SPOT FROM
WHERE HE GOT THE BALL. GAME GOES UNTIL EVERYBODY IS
OUT. ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HIT ARE OUT. IF SOMEONE
THROWS THE BALL AT YOU AND YOU CATCH THE BALL, HE IS
OUT AND YOU ARE SAFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
KICK THE CAN
PLAYED LIKE HIDE AND GO SEEK. THE BASE IS AN EMPTY
CAN. WHEN THE PERSON WHO IS IT SEES SOMEONE, HE
RUNS TO THE CAN AND SAYS "1-2-3 ON JOHNNY." ALL
THOSE CAUGHT MUST STAY BY THE CAN. IF SOMEONE WHO
IS NOT CAUGHT RUNS OUT FROM HIDING AND KICKS THE CAN
EVERYONE IS FREE AGAIN. GAME GOES UNTIL ALL ARE
CAUGHT, OR IT GIVES UP. WHEN IT WANTS TO GIVE UP,
HE SHOUTS "OLLE OLLE OXEN--ALL IN FREE."
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; JACKSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
CATCH THE FOX BY THE TAIL
THIS IS AN INITIATION GAME FOR A NEW BOY IN THE
COMMUNITY. IT IS PLAYED WITH A BROOMSTICK, OF WHICH
ONE END HAS BEEN DIPPED IN MANURE. THE GAME IS
PLAYED AT NIGHT AND THE HONOR IS TO BE THE ONE WHO
CARRIES THE BROOMSTICK.
ONE OF THE BOYS PUTS THE STICK BETWEEN HIS LEGS, WITH
THE DIPPED END IN BACK. THEN HE RUNS AND THE REST
HAVE TO GRAB THE STICK. THE WINNER THEN HAS THE
HONOR OF RUNNING WITH THE STICK. THE NEW BOY IS
ALWAYS THE WINNER, BUT AFTER HE CATCHES THE FOX,
HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE HONOR OF CARRYING THE
STICK.
Where learned: WORK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing F686.1 |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
GRAB BAG
THIS IS AN INITIATION GAME FOR A NEW BOY IN THE
COMMUNITY. YOU GET A PAPER BAG AND TELL EVERYONE
TO PUT SOMETHING OF VALUE IN IT. THOSE IN ON THE
GAME PUT IN MONEY, OR A WRIST WATCH. THEN EVERYONE
MUST TURN AROUND AND COVER THEIR EYES. WHEN THIS
IS DONE, THE LEADER OF THE GAME DUMPS OUT THE ARTICLES
AND REPLACES THEM WITH MANURE. HE SETS THE BAG OUT
IN THE OPEN AND TELLS THE REST TO TURN AROUND. HE
COUNTS TO THREE AND EVERYONE RUNS TO THE BAG. THE
WINNER BEING THE FIRST ONE TO GRAB AN ARTICLE FROM
THE BAG. THE NEW BOY, WHO IS ALWAYS THE WINNER, GETS
A RATHER UNPLEASANT SURPRISE.
Where learned: WORK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing F686.1 |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
SNIPE HUNT
THIS IS A GAME PLAYED WITH SOMEONE WHO IS NEW TO
THE AREA. THE GAME STARTS AFTER DARK. THE NEW
PERSON IS GIVEN THE HONOR OF CAPTURING THE SNIPE.
HE IS EQUIPPED WITH A BURLAP BAG AND SOME STICKS.
YOU TAKE HIM INTO THE HILLS AND PICK OUT A GOOD
SPOT TO CATCH SNIPE. YOU TELL HIM TO TAKE OFF HIS
SHOES SO THAT HE WON'T MAKE ANY NOISE AND SCARE THE
SNIPE AWAY, AND THAT YOU WILL PUT THE SHOES BY A
CERTAIN BUSH. THEN YOU TELL HIM THAT SNIPE GO INTO
DARK PLACES AND FOR HIM TO PROP THE BAG OPEN AND HOLD
IT WHILE YOU GO OUT AND DRIVE THE SNIPE TO HIM.
THEN YOU TAKE HIS SHOES AND GO BACK HOME, LEAVING
HIM UP IN THE HILLS.
Where learned: WORK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing F686.1 |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
SPUD
ONE GAME WHICH IS PLAYED WITH A BALL IS KNOWN AS
"SPUD." ONE PLAYER IS DESIGNATED AS FIRST "IT."
HE TAKES THE BALL AND AFTER ALL PLAYERS HAVE BEEN
ASSIGNED A NUMBER BY ONE OF THE OLDER PLAYERS, THE
MAN WITH THE BALL CALLS THE NUMBER OF HIS CHOICE
AND THROWS THE BALL INTO THE AIR. THE PLAYER WHOSE
NUMBER HAS BEEN CALLED HAS TO RETRIEVE THE BALL WHILE
EVERYBODY ELSE SCATTERS. WHEN HE GETS THE BALL HE
YELLS "SPUD" AND EVERY BODY MUST STOP. HE CHOOSES
ONE PARTICULAR PLAYER AS HIS TARGET AND IS ALLOWED
TO TAKE THREE STEPS IN THAT DIRECTION, TOWARDS THE
PLAYER. HE NOW HAS TO HIT THE PLAYER HE HAS CHOSEN
WITH THE BALL. IF HE MISSES HE IS GIVEN A LETTER,
"S" FOR THE FIRST MISS, "P" FOR THE SECOND AND SO ON
UNTIL HE HAS "S-P-U-D" AT WHICH TIME HE IS OUT.
HE MAY NOT PLAY AGAIN UNTIL A NEW GAME HAS BEEN
STARTED. IF HE HITS THE PLAYER, HE HAS CHOSEN,
THE HIT PLAYER THEN BECOMES "IT" AND HE HAS TO GO
THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS. IT IS A RULE THAT IF THE
PLAYER WHOSE NUMBER HAS BEEN CALLED CATCHES THE BALL
IN THE AIR, BEFORE IT HAS TOUCHED THE GROUND, HE MAY
CALL SOMEONE ELSE'S NUMBER AND THROW THE BALL BACK
IN THE AIR. UNFORTUNATELY, THE ONE WHO GIVES OUT
THE NUMBERS IS AWARE OF WHO HAS WHAT NUMBER AND
IF HIS NUMBER IS CALLED HE IS ABLE TO PICK ON
WHOEVER HE PLEASED. THIS AIN'T FAIR.
Submitter comment:
IS USED TO PLAY THIS GAME ALL THE TIME. AFTER
A WHILE I USUALLY GOT TO BE THE ONE WHO GAVE
OUT THE NUMBERS.
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
A RELAY GAME
AT MY MOTHER'S SCHOOL IN TIFFIN, OHIO, THE GIRLS WOULD
DIVIDE INTO LARGE TEAMS AND PLAY A RELAY GAME.
IT WAS SET UP AS FOLLOWS:
THERE COULD BE AS MANY AS 14 GIRLS ON EACH TEAM; THE
REFEREE WOULD LAY A STICK IN THE CENTER GOAL WITH
THE TWO TEAMS FACING EACH OTHER. THE REFEREE WOULD
THEN SAY "READY-SET-GO!" AND ONE GIRL FROM EACH TEAM
WOULD RUN TO THE CENTER GOAL AND FIGHT OVER THE
STICK. THE QUICKER GIRL WOULD THEN RUN BACK TO HER
TEAM AND GET BACK TO THE SECOND GIRL ON HER OWN
TEAM WITH THE STICK AND NOT BE TAGGED BY THE
OPPONENT. IF THE GIRL WAS TAGGED BEFORE SHE REACHED
THE GOAL THEN SHE WOULD HAVE TO JOIN THE OPPOSITE
SIDE. SO THE TEAM WITH THE MOST GIRLS ON IT AT
THE END OF THE GAME WAS DECLARED THE WINNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; DETROIT ; TIFFIN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: VARIOUS
NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM
SOMETHING WE ALWAYS PLAYED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE--THE
POKER-NUT GAME. WE PLAYED POKER AND WE USED A
VARIETY OF NUTS FOR CHIPS. THE WINNERS KEEP OR
EAT THEIR WINNINGS.
Submitter comment:
SHE DID THIS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD, AND NOW HER
HUSBAND AND CHILDREN ALSO PLAY THIS ON NEW YEAR'S
EVE, BEFORE THE CHILDREN GO OUT OR GO TO BED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 04-15-1967
PEANUT BUTTER HEAVEN
YOU PLAY ON SOME STEPS, EACH STEP HAS A COLOR. AT
LEAST TWO PEOPLE MUST PLAY. ONE PERSON IS IT. HE
STANDS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEPS AND CALLS A COLOR
OF A CERTAIN STEP. THE OTHER PERSON TRIES TO JUMP
TO THAT STEP. IF HE (OR SHE) MAKES IT TO THE STEP
HE WILL CALL ANOTHER STEP THE PERSON WILL
KEEP CALLING STEPS OR COLORS TILL THE PERSON MISSES.
IF HE MISSES FIRST TRY HE (OR SHE) WILL BE IT. THIS
GAME WILL GO ON FOR AS LONG AS YOU WANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-11-1967
STONE TEACHER
ONE PERSON IS IT. YOU USE STEPS FOR THIS GAME. EACH
STEP REPRESENTS A GRADE. IT CAN EITHER START WITH
KINDERGARTEN OR FIRST GRADE. IT WILL END WITH 12TH
GRADE OR FOURTH YEAR OF COLLEGE, WHICHEVER YOU CHOOSE.
ONE PERSON IS THE TEACHER. SHE WILL TAKE A STONE
AND KEEP SWITCHING IT AROUND. THEN SHE PUTS THEM
IN FRONT OF HER CLOSED AND THE FIRST PERSON WILL
TRY TO GUESS IT. IF THAT PERSON GUESSES IT, SHE
WILL GO UP A GRADE. IF SHE MISSES, SHE WILL WAIT
UNTIL NEXT TURN. THE FIRST PERSON WHO GETS TO THE
FINISHING POINT WINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-11-1967
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