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HANGMAN
THIS IS A SIT-DOWN GUESSING GAME. ON A PAPER OR A
BOARD, YOU WOULD DRAW A FIGURE THAT LOOKED LIKE A
SEVEN. UNDERNEATH YOU WOULD DRAW A LINE OR SERIES
OF DASHES, EACH REPRESENTING THE LETTER IN A WORD
CHOSEN BY YOU. OTHER PLAYERS WOULD THEN TRY TO
GUESS THE LETTERS. IF THEY GUESSED CORRECTLY
THE LETTER WAS FILLED IN. IF THE GUESS WAS WRONG,
SOMETHING WOULD BE ADDED TO THE FIGURE OF A MAN HAN-
ING FROM THE SEVEN. IF THEY GUESS THE WORD BEFORE
THE MAN IS COMPLETED, THEY WIN. IF NOT, IT'S YOUR
GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
MOVIE STARS
THIS IS A SIT DOWN, GUESSING GAME. ONE PERSON GAVE
A PAIR OF INITIALS. THE ENTIRE GAME WAS TO GUESS
WHOSE INITIALS THEY WERE, IF NOT IMMEDIATELY,
THEN EVENTUALLY THROUGH CLUES GIVEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
STORY--GAME
THE PLAYERS WOULD BE SEATED, PREFERABLY IN A
CIRCLE. SOME PERSON, NOT PLAYING, WOULD THEN
WHISPER TO EACH PLAYER A PHRASE. THEN THAT PERSON
WOULD START A STORY AND AS THEY GO AROUND THE
CIRCLE, EACH PLAYER WOULD ATTEMPT TO CONTINUE THE
STORY, ADDING TO IT THE PHRASE HE HAD BEEN GIVEN.
THE BEGINNER WOULD CALL TIME FOR EACH PLAYER AND
FINALLY CALL TIME FOR THE GAME. THEN THE STORY WOULD
END AND THE OTHER PLAYERS WOULD ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY
EACH OTHERS PHRASES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
SITTING IN A ROOM AND SOMEONE WILL THINK OF AN
ARTICLE OF A CERTAIN COLOR AND THE OTHER KIDS
TRY TO GUESS WHAT IT IS. THAT PERSON WHO STARTS
MAY SAY WHETHER THE OTHERS ARE HOT OR COLD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
MY FATHER OWNS A GROCERY STORE AND IN IT HE SELLS
(NAME SOMETHING). CLUES MAY BE ASKED FOR BY
EACH PERSON IN TURN. THE PERSON TO GUESS IT
STARTS OFF THE NEXT ROUND.
Submitter comment: COULD BE PLAYED IN CAR OR AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
I SPY
PERSON TO START THINKS OF AN OBJECT ALWAYS IN THAT
ROOM OR IT CAN BE PLAYED RIDING IN A CAR. I SPY
WITH MY LITTLE EYE SOMETHING THAT IS (PERSON
SAYING IT GIVES A CLUE.) TURNS ARE TAKEN BY EACH
OF THE OTHER PERSONS IN TRYING TO GUESS THE OBJECT.
PERSONS CAN ASK FOR CLUES AT RANDOM. THE PERSON TO
GUESS WHAT IT WAS GETS THE NEXT TURN.
Submitter comment: VARIANT: I SPY SOMETHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
MY FATHER OWNS
ONE PERSON IS IT. STARTS GAME BY SYING "MY FATHER
OWNS A STORE (HOUSE, CAR, ETC.) IN IT HE HAS
(BLANK.") FIRST LETTER OF OBJECT IS ONLY GIVEN CLUE.
OTHERS MUST GUESS WHAT OBJECT IS. THEN HE IS "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
THREE GUESSES TO GUESS OBJECT IN ROOM, AFTER EACH
GUESS A HINT IS GIVEN. AFTER THE CORRECT OBJECT
IS GUESSED THE OTHER PERSON THEN PROCEEDS AND
BEGINS THE GAME.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 10-23-1967
GOING DOWNTOWN
GAME STARTS WITH A LINE OF PLAYERS. LEADER SAYS:
"I'M GOING DOWNTOWN TO SMOKE MY PIPE,
I WON'T BE BACK 'TIL SATURDAY NIGHT.
I'LL WHIP YOU BLAC, I'LL WHIP YOU BLUE,
ESPECIALLY YOU MY DAUGHTER SUE.
(THE LEADER CHOOSES SOMEONE TO BE SUE).
THE LEADER THEN LEAVES THE GROUP. A WITCH COMES
ALONG AND GIVES EACH MEMBER OF THE GROUP THE NAME
OF A COLOR AND STEALS ONE OF THE MEMBERS (SUE).
THE LEADER RETURNS: "WHERE'S SUE?"
GROUP ANSWERS: "THE WITCH TOOK HER."
THE WITCH RETURNS. THE LEADER CALLS OUT COLORS AND
THE WITCH CHASES THE MEMBER WHO RESPONDS TO HER
GIVEN COLOR. A MEMBER WHO IS NOT CAUGHT BECOMES
THE MOTHER, AND THE GIRL WHO WAS "SUE" IS NOW THE
WITCH.
Submitter comment:
THIS GAME HAS MANY VERSIONS IN DIFFERENT NEIGH-
BORHOODS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
Date learned: 02-20-1970
THE STAR GAME
A PERSON (NORMALLY THE ONE WHO INITIATES THE GAME)
THINKS OF A MOVIE STAR FROM ANY PERIOD OF PICTURES.
AS AN EXAMPLE LET'S PICK DAVID NIVEN. THE PERSON WHO
IS "IT" THEN SAYS "D.N." AND THE OTHER PLAYERS TRY TO
GUESS WHO THE PERSON IS. DEPENDING ON THE GROUP,
THE PERSON WHO IS "IT" MAY ALSO TELL WHETHER THE
STAR IS A MALE OR FEMALE. THE FIRST PERSON WHO
GUESSES THE STAR'S NAME IS NOW "IT" AND GIVES SOME
STAR'S INITIALS. IF NO ONE CAN GUESS WHO THE STAR
IS AND THEY ALL GIVE UP, THE PERSON WHO IS "IT"
TELLS THEM WHO THE STAR IS AND HAS ANOTHER TURN.
THE GAME LASTS UNTIL ALL ARE TIRED OF IT.
Submitter comment: EXPLAINED TO ME BEFORE WE BEGAN TO PLAY THE GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 02-15-1967
CHRISTMAS GAME
THE GAME IS CALLED "I'M THINKING OF A BULB."
IN ORDER TO PLAY, ONE PERSON HAS TO BE CHOSEN TO GO
FIRST. THIS LEADER THEN SAYS, "I'M THINKING OF A
BULB" AND DESCRIBES A CERTAIN BULB FOUND ON THE
CHRISTMAS TREE. IN TURN ALL THE OTHER PLAYERS
START TO GUESS WHICH BULB IT IS. THE PERSON WHO
GUESSES THE BULB THEN BECOMES THE LEADER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree |
Date learned: 01-24-1971
I SPY
ONE CHILD: I SPY
THE OTHERS: WHAT DO YOU SPY?
ONE CHILD: I SPY WITH MY LITTLE EYE,
SOMETHING THAT IS (A COLOR).
THE OTHER CHILDREN TRY TO GUESS THE OBJECT UNTIL
SOMEONE GUESSES WHAT IT IS. THEN, THIS PERSON GETS
A TURN TO SPY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN HER GRADE SCHOOL DAYS IN
NORTHWEST DETROIT (MICHIGAN).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DIALOGUE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.538 |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
CIRCLE GAMES
FINNISH CHILDREN PASS A RING AROUND A ROPE; THE PLAYER
IN THE MIDDLE MUST GUESS WHO HAS IT. ALASKAN ESKIMOS
LEARNED RING AROUND THE ROSY FROM MISSIONARIES.
RING AROUND THE ROSY, POCKET FULL OF POSIES MAY HAVE
HAD AN EQUALLY GRISLY BEGINNING (LIKE LONDON BRIDGE).
DURING THE PLAGUES THAT SWEPT EUROPE IN THE MIDDLE
AGES, PEOPLE CARRIED SWEET-SMELLING HERBS AND FLOWERS
AS A SHIELD AGAINST THE DISEASE.
Where learned: "PLAY WORLD SPANS TIME AND SPACE" ; NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SCHOOL BULLETIN ; VOLUME 42 ; NUMBER 15
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 01-27-1964
HOT AND COLD
THIS IS A GAME FOR TWO PEOPLE THAT CAN BE PLAYED
ANYWHERE, ANYTIME. ONE PERSON MERELY PICKS AN
OBJECT. THE OTHER TRIES TO GUESS WHAT IT IS.
IF THE GUESSER IS WAY OFF, THE OTHER PERSON TELLS HIM
HE IS "COLD." IF THE GUESSER GETS CLOSE, THEN THE
OTHER PERSON TELLS HIM HE IS GETTING "WARM." OTHER
DEGREES SUCH AS "COLDER, LUKEWARM, FREEZING, AND
BURNING" ARE ALSO USED. WHEN THE PERSON HITS ON THE
CORRECT OBJECT, THEN IT IS HIS TURN TO THINK OF ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TEMPERATURE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 12-00-1963
TAP YA ON THE ICEBOX
ONE PERSON CLOSES HIS EYES. ANOTHER IS THE NARRATOR
AND DESCRIBES TO THE PERSON WITH HIS EYES CLOSED
WHAT IS BEING DRAWN ON HIS BACK. AN OLD MAN'S FACE
IS DRAWN. ONE PERSON WILL PUT IN THE OUTLINE, AND
THE SAME OR ANOTHER PERSON THE EARS, EYES, ETC.
THE NOSE IS LEFT FOR LAST. AS SOON AS THE NARRATOR
SAYS "AND HERE IS HIS NOSE," SOMEONE STRIKES THE
PERSON'S BACK TO INDICATE A NOSE. AT THIS THE PERSON
QUICKLY TURNS AROUND AND OPENS HIS EYES, TRYING TO
SEE OR GUESS WHO DREW THE NOSE ON HIS BACK. IF HE
GUESSES CORRECTLY, THEN THAT PERSON MUST BLINDFOLD
THEIR EYES. IF NOT, THEN EVERYONE RUNS AWAY WHILE
THE PERSON WHO INCORRECTLY GUESSED MUST TURN AROUND
AGAIN, COUNT TO ONE HUNDRED, AND TRY TO FIND WHERE
THE OTHERS ARE HIDING, JUST AS IN HIDE AND SEEK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT PLAYED THIS GAME WHEN HE WAS A YOUNGSTER
BUT IS AT A LOSS TO EXPLAIN THE TITLE OR ITS CONNEC-
TION WITH THE GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C535 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 12-00-1963
ROMAN BOYS TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO JUMPED ON FRIENDS'
BACKS AND SHOUTED, BUCCA, BUCCA, QUOT SUNT HIC?--'BUCCA,
BUCCA, HOW MANY ARE HERE?' IF THE WOBBLING 'MOUNTS'
COULD GUESS THE NUMBER OF FINGERS THEIR 'RIDERS' HELD UP,
IT WOULD BE THEIR TURN TO JUMP. TODAY, BOYS IN ENGLAND
SHOUT, "BUCK, BUCK, HOW MANY HORNS DO I HOLD UP?" THE
RULES ARE THE SAME.
Where learned: PLAY WORLD SPANS TIME AND SPACE ; NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SCHOOL BULLETIN ; VOLUME 42 ; NUMBER 15
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C535 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
GAME TAUNT
YOU, USUALLY A BOY, HOLLARS OUT THE WINDOW AT
SOME GIRLS, "HEY, PICK A NUMBER FROM ONE TO TEN."
SHE PICKS A NUMBER. YOU COME BACK WITH "YOU LOSE,
TAKE OFF YOUR CLOTHES."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUDITY ; TRICK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 00001961-1963
NEW YORK
YOU WOULD CHOOSE SIDES AND DECIDE WHAT THE OTHER SIDE
SHOULD DO. ONE SIDE WOULD SAY: HERE WE COME.
THE OTHER WOULD ASK: WHERE FROM? ANSWER: NEW YORK.
QUESTION: WHAT'S YOUR TRADE? ANSWER: ICE CREAM AND
LEMONADE. QUESTION: GIVE ME YOUR INITIAL AND SET
TO WORK.
THEN THE OPPOSING SIDE WOULD GIVE THE INITIALS OF THE
TASK THEY HAD CHOSEN FOR THE OTHER SIDE TO DO; FOR
EXAMPLE, "SSFSS" FOR "SEWING SOCKS FOR SEVEN SISTERS."
THEN THEY WOULD PANTOMIME THE ACTION AND THAT
OPPOSING SIDE WOULD HAVE TO GUESS WHAT IT WAS. WHEN
THEY GUESSED IT RIGHT, THE PANTOMIMING TEAM WOULD ALL
RUN; WHOEVER WAS CAUGHT WOULD HAVE TO GO OVER TO THE
OTHER SIDE.
Submitter comment: PLAYED WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; DETROIT ; GLOUCESTER
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; DIALOGUE ; RHYME: AABCCD
Date learned: 05-11-1965
TAPPY ON THE ICE BOX
SOMEONE WOULD STAND WITH HIS HANDS COVERING HIS EYES
AND SAY: "DRAW A CIRCLE ON MY BACK AND SOMEBODY
PUNCH!" THEN SOMEBODY WOULD HIT HIM IN THE BACK
AND HE WOULD TURN AROUND AND ASK ONE OF THE CHILDREN
IN THE CIRCLE "WAS IT YOU?" IT WAS REPEATED
TIL HE GUESSED THE RIGHT ONE WHO THEN BECAME "IT."
Submitter comment: PLAYED WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; DETROIT ; GLOUCESTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
WHO AM I?
A PERSON GOES OUT OF THE ROOM. THE REMAINING PEOPLE
PICK A PERSON FOR HIM TO BE. HE COMES BACK INTO
THE ROOM AND ASKS "IF I WAS A (BLANK) WHAT KIND OF (BLANK)
WOULD I BE?" EXAMPLE: HAD THE GROUP DECIDED HE WOULD
BE JESUS CHRIST AND HE ASKED "IF I WAS A SHOE WHAT
KIND OF SHOE WOULD I BE?" THE PLAYERS MIGHT SAY
"SANDAL." HE HAS TO GUESS WHO HE IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 00-00-1961