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A FOLKTALE ABOUT A HALLOWEEN CUSTOM
WHEN I WAS JUST A LITTLE FELLOW, JUST ABOUT SO TALL, ME AND THESE
FRIENDS OF MINE WENT OUT ON DEVILS NIGHT AND DECIDED WE WAS GONNA
HAVE US SOME FUN. WELL WE TOOK US AN OLD TIRE, TIRES WAS HARD TO
GET IN THOSE DAYS, AND WE FILLED THAT OLD TIRE WITH COW MANURE.
THEN WE TIED A LONG ROPE TO IT AND PUT IT OUT IN THE ROAD. NOW
TIRES WAS HARD TO GET IN THOSE DAYS AND THERE WAS SURE TO BE
SOMEONE WHO WOULD STOP TO PICK IT UP. WELL WE HID IN THE BUSHES
AND WAITED AND SURE AS YOU MAKE HEAD CHEESE FROM PIGS A CAR STOPPED
TO PICK IT UP. AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT TWO FELLAS, ALL DRESSED
UP 'CAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO TOWN, STOPPED THEIR CAR AND WAS
GANNA PICK UP THAT OLD TIRE WHEN WE GIVE IT A GOOD PULL. WELL
THEY WEREN'T GONNA LET US KIDS OUT SMART THEM SO THEY PICKED UP THAT
OLD TIRE AND GAVE IT A GOOD PULL AND WE LET IT GO AND THEY FELL
WITH THAT TIRE ON TOP OF THEM AND GOT ALL MESSED UP AND THAT OLD
TIRE WASN'T NO GOOD ANYWAY. (SIC)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F103 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
HALLOWEEN CUSTOMS
ON HALLOWEEN THE INFORMANTS MOTHER AND HER FRIENDS USED TO GO
"WINDOW-RATTLING." A WINDOW RATTLER IS MADE BY CUTTING NOTCHES
AROUND BOTH ENDS OF A SPOOL, AND WRAPPING STRING AROUND IT.
THEN YOU PUT A PENCIL THROUGH THE HOLE IN THE SPOOL. WHEN YOU HOLD
THE RATTLER AGAINST A WINDOW AND PULL THE STRING A LOUD NOISE IS
PRODUCED, SCARING THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER IS 45, IRISH-AMERICAN, LIFE-LONG RESIDENT OF
LITTLE FALLS, NEW YORK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 09-18-1969
HALLOWEEN CUSTOM
IT IS THE CUSTOM IN CZECHOSLOVOKIA ON HALLOWEEN FOR THE BOYS TO
DUMP A BUCKET OF ( WATER ON ? ) UNSUSPECTING GIRLS AS A TRICKSTER
PRANK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
HALLOWEEN TRICK
PUT DOG MANURE INTO A PAPER BAG; THROW IT ONTO SOMEONE'S PORCH,
THEN LIGHT THE BAG AND KNOCK ON THE DOOR. RUN BEHIND SOME BUSHES AND
WAIT FOR SOME LAUGHS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
HALLOWEEN
ANOTHER GAME IS BLIND FOLDING YOUR PARTNER AFTER HE PICKED OUT A
PICTURE OF A PRETTY GIRL THEN ASKING HIM TO KISS THE PICTURE
AFTER THE BLINDFOLD IS ON. IN THE MEANTIME A SAUCER OF FLOUR IS
SLIPPED OVER THE PICTURE AND HE ENDS UP WITH A WHITE FACE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PEORIA
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
HALLOWEEN
ANOTHER TRICK IS TO TELL SOMEONE THAT YOU CAN PIN A CUP OF WATER INTO
THE TOP OF A DRAPE.
WHILE YOU ARE STANDING ON A CHAIR TRYING TO PIN THE CUP OF WATER YOUR
AUDIENCE ACCIDENTLY GETS A CUP OF WATER ON HIS HEAD.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PEORIA
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
HALLOWEEN CUSTOM
UPON THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF HALLOWEEN CHILDREN USUALLY WOULD GET
IN TROUBLE SIMPLY BY HAVING FUN. IN THE OLD DAYS CHILDREN WOULD
DISASSEMBLE HORSE'S CARRIAGE AND THEN REASSEMBLE THE CARRIAGE ON
THE ROOF OF THE OWNER'S BARN.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THAT HE AND OTHER CHILDREN OFTEN PERFORMED THIS
ACT TO SOMEONE ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-31-1971
HALLOWEEN
IT WAS A CUSTOM IN PLYMOUTH, INDIANA 20 YRS. AGO TO KNOCK DOWN
FARMERS' OUTHOUSES ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT. A GROUP OF FOUR OR MORE
TEENAGERS WOULD DO THIS EVERY YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
CUSTOM
IT IS NOT ONLY QUITE RUDE BUT CUSTOMARILY FORBIDDEN FOR A SON
OF ANY AGE TO SMOKE IN HIS FATHER'S PRESENCE. HE MAY HOWEVER
SMOKE IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: KOREA ; WAEGWAN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 01-00-1964
TRADITIONAL SONG SUNG AT SPORT EVENTS
IT HAS BECOME TRADITIONAL TO SING THE
" STAR SPANGLED BANNER " BEFORE ALL SPORT ACTIVITIES
IN THE UNITED STATES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
LUCKY PENNY
MEL FARR OF THE DETROIT LIONS WEARS A PENNY IN HIS LEFT SHOE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT GOT IT FROM NEWSPAPERS.
Where learned: RATHSKELLER
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
TELEPHONE PRANK
CALLER: DO YOU HAVE SIR WALTER RALEIGH IN A CAN?
ANSWERER: (WHO WORKS IN A STORE) YES.
CALLER: WELL THEN LET HIM OUT!
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS DONE THIS WITH HIS FRIENDS
Data entry tech comment:
SIR WALTER RALEIGH IS A BRAND OF TOBACCO
SOLD IN CANS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK ; COLLECTED AT INFORMANTS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; SLANG: "CAN" FOR "TOILET"
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-26-1971
"DAVID, BUMBAVID, TILLYAVID
CUM-CAVID,
TEE-LEGGED, TIE-LEGGED,
BOW-LEGGED DAVID.
Submitter comment:
TAKING A CHILD'S NAME AND INSERTING IT
INTO THIS REFRAIN FASCINATES THEM.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION ; NEOLOGISMS ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
WEDDING PRANK
THE BEST MAN OF THE WEDDING TAPES "HE" TO THE GROOM'S RIGHT SHOE,
AND "LP" ONTO THE GROOM'S LEFT SHOE,WHEN THE GROOM KNEELS DOWN AT
THE ALTAR THE SOLES OF HIS SHOES CAN BE READ-"HELP".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-19-1977
PRANK
WHEN I WAS IN GRADESCHOOL, THE KIDS WOULD PUT CHALK INSIDE THE
ERASER. WHEN THE TEACHER WOULD USE THE ERASER, CHALK MARKS
WOULD BE MADE ON THE BOARD.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS PRACTICED AT ST. AUGUSTINE GRADE SCHOOL IN
DETROIT, MICHIGAN IN THE 1960'S
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: CA00001965
PRACTICAL JOKE.
PUT WHIP CREAM ON THE RECEIVER OF A TELEPHONE AND
CALL SOMEONE TO ANSWER IT.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
PRACTICAL JOKE.
PLACE LAYERS OF BLANKETS ON A PERSON SLEEPING
SO THAT WHEN HE WAKES HE CANNOT MOVE.
Submitter comment: DONE AT CAMP.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
PRACTICAL JOKE
AFTER SETTING THE ALARM CLOCK, WAKE A PERSON IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND TELL HIM IT IS TIME TO GO TO WORK.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
EXPECTANT MOTHERS
THE LIQUID IS CALLED CONGELAC. IT CAN BE PURCHASED AT ANY DRUGSTORE.
YOU MUST DRINK THE WHOLE BOTTLE AND IF YOU DO..... CONGRATULATIONS-
THERE'S A BABY IN EVERY BOTTLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
PRACTICAL JOKE
THE FOLLOWING WAS A POPULAR PRACTICAL JOKE IN ENGLAND IN THE EARLY
1920'S.
A PIECE OF FRESH COW OR HORSE MANURE WOULD BE PLACED ON THE THUMB
LATCH OF THE VICTIM'S DOOR (A THUMB LATCH IS A KIND OF DOOR HANDLE
WHICH IS GRASPED WITH THE FINGERS WHILE A LATCH IS PUSHED DOWN WITH
THE THUMB) AND A THORN FROM A NEARBY HEDGEROW WOULD BE STOOD UP IN
IT. THIS IS USUALLY DONE AT DUSK, SO THE VICTIM WHO WILL OPEN
THE DOOR WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THE THUMB LATCH CLEARLY. WHEN THE
VICTIM PUSHES HIS THUMB INTO THE MANURE HE IS STABBED BY THE THORN,
AND HIS NATURAL REACTION TO THE PAIN IS TO PLACE HIS THUMB IN HIS
MOUTH AND SUCK ON IT.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER RECALLS THIS FROM THE TIME HE LIVED IN CORNWALL.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 02-17-1979