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JUMP-ROPE RHYME
OH MARY MACK, MACK, MACK, ALL DRESSED IN BLACK, BLACK, BLACK,
WITH SILVER BUTTONS, BUTTONS, BUTTONS, ALL DOWN HER BACK,/
BACK, BACK,
SHE ASKED HER MOTHER, MOTHER, MOTHER,
FOR FIFTY CENTS, CENTS, CENTS,
TO SEE THE ELEPHANTS, ELEPHANTS, ELEPHANTS,
JUMP OVER THE FENCE, FENCE, FENCE,
THEY JUMPED SO HIGH, HIGH, HIGH, THEY TOUCHED THE SKY, SKY, SKY,
THEY NEVER CAME BACK, BACK, BACK,
TILL THE FOURTH OF JU-LY-LY-LY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day |
Date learned: 11-00-1974
IF THE CORN IS NOT KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY IT WILL BE
A BAD YEAR FOR CORN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
Date learned: 10-01-1972
CORN
CORN IS KNEE-HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; RHYME ; WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-20-1968
PLANTING BELIEF
IF CORN IS KNEE HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY, IT WILL BE A
GOOD CROP YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY GRANDFATHER, AND THIS IS
AN OLD FARMING BELIEF
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; KANSASVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
AGRILCULTURE BELIEF
CORN SHOULD BE KNEE HIGH ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CUSTOM FESTIVAL
FIREWORKS ON JULY 4TH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): NOISEMAKING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day |
4TH OF JULY CUSTOM
THE SHOOTING OFF OF FIREWORKS IS TRADITIONAL IN AMERICA ON THE
4TH OF JULY, PERHAPS TO COMMEMORATE THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION'S
BATTLES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NOISEMAKING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
PROVERB
HE WHO GOES FORTH WITH A FIFTH ON THE FOURTH, MAY NOT GO
FORTH ON THE FIFTH.
Submitter comment: READ IN PARISH BULLETIN. ALSO APPEARED IN READER'S DIGEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
CORN SHOULD BE KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
KNEE HIGH
IF A FARMER'S CROP OF CORN IS "KNEE HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY," HIS
CROP WILL BE A GOOD ONE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
ARGICULTURE BELIEF
CORN SHOULD BE KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY
Submitter comment: A BELIEF OF THE FARMS IN OHIO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 00001960S
GOOD CROP
IF THE CORN IS KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY IT WILL BE A
GOOD CROP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
JUMP ROPE RHYME
I ASKED MY MOTHER FOR FIFTEEN CENTS
TO SEE THE ELEPHANT JUMP THE FENCE
HE JUMPED SO HIGH
HE TOUCHED THE SKY
AND DIDN'T GET BACK
TILL THE FOURTH OF JULY.
HOW HIGH DID HE JUMP?
1, 2, 3, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; COUNTING ; HYBERBOLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
AGRICULTURAL BELIEFS
THE CORN CROP WILL BE GOOD IF IT IS KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH
OF JULY.
Submitter comment:
WE NEVER GREW CORN IN ROYAL OAK, BUT MY PARENTS ALWAYS
SAID THIS BECAUSE THEY GREW CORN WHERE THEY GREW UP IN OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 00001960S
"DID THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE ANY FESTIVALS?"
"THEY HAD ONLY TWO FESTIVALS. THE FIRST CAME IN THE SPRING
WHEN THE ICE MELTED. DURING THE WINTER, ALL THE LOGS HAD BEEN
BROUGHT BY SLEIGH TO THE RIVER BANK. THEN IN THE SPRING THEY
WOULD DUMP THE LOGS IN THE RIVER, AND FLOAT THEM DOWN THE
STREAM TO A LUMBER MILL, WHERE THAY WERE SAWED INTO LUMBER.
AFTER ALL THIS WORK WAS DONE, THE LUMBERJACKS AND THEIR
FAMILIES WOULD HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION. THERE WOULD BE LOG-
ROLLING, LOG CLIMBING, LOG CUTTING, AND AXE THROWING CONTESTS
DURING THE DAY, AND SQUARE DANCING AND OTHER PARTY FESTIVITIES
AT NIGHT. THE OTHER FESTIVAL WOULD BE THE FOURTH OF JULY.
ON THIS HOLIDAY THEY WOULD HAVE FIREWORKS AND A PARTY DURING
NIGHT. BESIDES FOR THESE TWO DAYS, THERE WERE NO OTHER
HOLIDAYS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HOUGHTON LAKE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 00001930S
IF IT IS A GOOD GROWING YEAR, THE CORN WILL BE KNEE HIGH
BY THE FOURTH OF JULY.
Submitter comment:
THIS BELIEF WAS PASSED TO BRIAN AS A CHILD GROWING UP IN
RURAL OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.475 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- P535 |
Date learned: 11-02-1984 ; 00001960S
TO HAVE A GOOD CROP, CORN SHOULD BE,
"KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
Crop prediction
Knee high by the fourth of July. If the corn stalks are at
knee height, then the crop will be abundant. If the crop is below
this point the crop will be rather sparse.
Submitter comment:
Jennifer's father is a farmer and so is her grandfather. Many
generations of farmers have worked the land she lives on. Her
family has acquired many superstitions and sayings about farming
in general.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sandusky
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
I learned this saying in Hillsdale, Michigan where I spent
most of my summers as a young boy, "If the corn is knee-high by
the 4th of July it will be a good crop". This was believed to be
true by all the local farmers.
James Callow comment:
See Puckett, Ohio, no. 32659: "If the corn is knee-high
by the Fourth of July, it will be a good crop...."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HILLSDALE
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth |
Date learned: 07-00-1980
THIS FAMILY WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT TO SPEND THE FOURTH OF JULY
AT HOME AND THEY ALWAYS HAD LOTS OF FIREWORKS UNTIL THE
LAW WAS PASSED BANNING THEM.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern |
Date learned: 11-00-1967