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TRICK OR TREAT RHYME

TRICK OR TREAT.
SMELL MY FEET.
I LIVE ON MILL STREET.

Submitter comment: THIS IS USED BY TRICK OR TREATERS ON HALLOWEEN IN ORDER TO COLLECT
CANDY AND OTHER GIFTS. THE NAME OF THE STREET IN THE THIRD LINE IS
NOT ALWAYS MILL BUT RATHER THE STREET THE PERSON LIVES ON. THIS IS
SUPPOSED TO BE A CLUE TO THEIR IDENTITY.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SAINT CLAIR

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1031
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails

Date learned: 00001960S

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TRICK OR TREAT RHYME

A BALL IN A HOLE IN A WALL AND THAT'S ALL.

Submitter comment: THIS IS USED BY TRICK OR TREATERS ON HALLOWEEN IN ORDER TO COLLECT
CANDY AND OTHER GIFTS. NONSENSE RHYME.

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SAINT CLAIR

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1031
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween

Date learned: 00001960S

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HALLOWEEN CALL

HELP THE POOR,
MY PANTS ARE TORE

Submitter comment: EXPERIENCE 1940'S, PLYMOUTH, MI

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1031
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween

Date learned: 10-00-1965

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CALL ON HALLOWEEN

TRICKS OR TREATS,
MONEY OR EATS

Submitter comment: EXPERIENCE 1940'S, PLYMOUTH, MI

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1031
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween

Date learned: 10-00-1965

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FESTIVAL--SPEECH

TRICK OR TREATS, MONEY OR EATS.

Submitter comment: HEARD THIS SAYING ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT WHEN HE WAS ABOUT FIVE.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1031
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween

Date learned: 10-15-1967

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HALLOWEEN

HELP THE POOR.
MY PANTS ARE TORE.
GIVE ME SOME MONEY
AND I'LL BUY SOME MORE.

Submitter comment: HEARD THIS A LONG TIME AGO FOR HALLOWEEN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD

Keyword(s): BEGGING

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1031
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween

Date learned: 11-11-1967

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HALLOWEEN RHYME

TRICK OR TREAT SMELL MY FEET IF YOU DIE YOU KNOW WHY.

Where learned: UNKNOWN

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1031
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween

Date learned: CA00001973

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ON HALLOWEEN THERE WAS A LITTLE POEM WE WOULD ALL
CHANT OR SAY AT PARTIES OR WHILE OUT TRICK OR
TREATING. IT WENT LIKE THIS:
THE WORMS CRAWL IN.
THE WORMS CRAWL OUT.
IN YOUR STOMACH
AND OUT YOUR MOUTH,
AND IF YOU SEE A HEARSE GO BY,
THEN YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DIE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1031
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween

Date learned: 04-00-1983

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