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SHINNY
LIKE HOCKEY, THIS GAME USES STICKS TO KNOCK AROUND
ANYTHING RESEMBLING A BALL OR PUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
SHINNEY
SHINNEY WAS JUST LIKE DONKEY ON THE ROCK. EVERYBODY
CARRIED A BIG STICK. THEY WOULD TAKE IT AND BEAT
UP A CAN; THEY BEAT IT TIL IT WAS FLAT. (SIMILAR
TO HOCKEY.) THEN THEY WOULD PLAY WITH IT JUST LIKE
HOCKEY. THEY CALLED IT SHINNEY BECAUSE YOUR SHINS
ALWAYS PEELED FROM YOUR ANKLES TO YOUR KNEES AND
HIGHER.
Submitter comment: PLAYED WHEN HE WAS A BOY IN HOLLISTER, OHIO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; DETROIT ; HOLLISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
TIPPY
TAKE A BROOMSTICK OR MOPSTICK FOR A BAT AND ANOTHER
SIX INCH PIECE OF BROOMSTICK OR MOPSTICK. YOU LEAN
THE SIX INCH PIECE ON A BRICK. THEN YOU TAKE THE
LONG BROOMSTICK AND HIT THE SIX INCH PIECE, WHICH
FLIES INTO THE AIR AND THEN BAT IT WHEN IT COMES
DOWN.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER LEARNED IT DURING THE DEPRESSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-20-1967
TIPPY
AN OBLONG BLOCK OF WOOD, POINTED AT EACH END,
IS HIT BY A STICK. THE BLOCK FLIES IN THE AIR.
SOMETIMES THE GAME IS PLAYED WITH NUMBERS ON THE
BLOCK. THIS WAY SCORE CAN BE KEPT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
BEFORE PLAYING A REGULATION VARSITY BASKETBALL
GAME, I WOULD NOT TAKE OFF ANY WARM UP CLOTHES
UNTIL THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT, OR IT WOULD BRING
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; FRANKLINVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN BASEBALL, IT IS BAD LUCK TO STRIKE OUT THE FIRST
BATTER AGAINST YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 02-09-1972
FROM THE AGE OF EIGHT TO 22, I PLAYED ORGANIZED
BASEBALL AND ALWAYS RAN ACROSS THE BELIEF THAT
STEPPING ON THE (CHALKED) LINES IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; NEW YORK ; LONG ISLAND ; HEMPSTEAD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
WHEN PLAYING BASEBALL, IT IS BAD LUCK TO WALK ON
THE BASELINE WHEN WALKING ACROSS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 11-16-1968
IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF A BASEBALL TEAM, IT IS BAD
LUCK, IF ON A CLEAR DAY YOU GO UP TO BAT AND A
CLOUD SUDDENLY PASSES BETWEEN YOU AND THE SUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU ARE HAVING BAD LUCK IN CARDS, WALK AROUND
YOUR CHAIR FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 03-05-1972
WHENEVER MY GRANDFATHER WOULD LOSE AT CARDS, HE WOULD
GET UP AND WALK AROUND HIS CHAIR, FOR LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Conversions Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
FOR GOOD LUCK IN PLAYING CARDS, GET UP AND WALK
AROUND YOUR CHAIR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Conversions Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 07-14-1964
WHEN PLAYING CARDS CHANGE YOUR SEAT TO CHANGE YOUR
LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Conversions Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
FOR GOOD LUCK AT A CARD TABLE, WALK AROUND YOUR CHAIR
FROM THE RIGHT SIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Conversions Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
IF YOU ARE HAVING BAD LUCK IN CARDS, WALK AROUND
YOUR CHAIR FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HAD KNOWN THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Conversions Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 10-19-1967
TO CHANGE ONE'S (BAD) LUCK IN A POKER GAME,
YOU GET UP AND WALK AROUND YOUR OWN CHAIR AND
SIT DOWN AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CARDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Conversions Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
"LUCKY AT CARDS, UNLUCKY AT LOVE."
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
James Callow Keyword(s): FORMULA SPEECH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Conversions Games Pastimes Sports SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A PLAYER WINNING IN CARDS
COUNTS HIS MONEY WINNINGS, HE WILL BEGIN TO LOSE
BEFORE THE GAME IS OVER.
Submitter comment: FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: FRATERNITY HOUSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
WHEN PLAYING CARDS, NEVER ALLOW A PERSON TO STAND
OVER YOU AND LOOK AT YOUR CARDS, YOU WILL NEVER
WIN.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-21-1967
WHENEVER YOU HAVE AN APPLE WITH A STEM, YOU TAKE THE STEM
AND BEGIN TO TWIST IT. EACH TIME YOU TWIST THE STEM
YOU SAY A LETTER OF THE ALPHABET--THE LETTER THAT THE STEM
TWISTS OFF ON WILL BE THE FIRST LETTER OF THE LAST NAME
OF THE MAN YOU WILL MARRY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 06-27-1972