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DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS
THERE SAT ANNIE AS SWEET AS A ROSE
ALONG CAME A BEE AND SAT ON HER NOSE.
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
Jump Rope Rhyme
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS
THERE SAT (NAME)
AS SWEET AS A ROSE
ALONG CAME (NAME)
AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK
NOW HERE COMES (NAME)
PUSHING BABY BUGGIES
DOWN THE STREET.
SAID IN RHYME, NO TUNE
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 15134 Westbrook
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
In the Valley
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT (NAME) AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET.
ALONG CAME (NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16761 Miller
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
Down in the Valley
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT ROSEMARY AS SWEET AS A ROSE,
SHE SANG, SHE SANG,
SHE SANG, SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME STEVIE AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
(NOTE: NAMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NEW LOTHROP
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-02-1968
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,/ THERE SAT---SWEET AS
A ROSE,/ SHE WAITED FOR A DAY AND SHE WAITED FOR A WEEK, AND ALONG
CAME ---AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
THIS CHANT IS USED TO KEEP THE ROPE IN RHYTHM,
BUT IT CAN ALSO BE USED
AS A PUT-DOWN TECHNIQUE BY SUBSTITUTING A BOY WHOM THE GIRL DISLIKES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-02-1971
MNEMONIC DEVICE
JOHN STEPHEN ULRICH NEEDS EVERY VITAMIN, MINERAL, PLUS MEAT
Submitter comment:
THIS SENTENCE HELPS IN REMEMBERING THE PLANETS IN THE ORDER OF
LARGEST TO SMALLEST
INFORMANT SAID HE LEARNED THE DEVICE FROM SOME OF HIS FRIENDS AT
SCHOOL. HE DIDN'T REMEMBER WHO TOLD IT TO HIM BUT SAID IT WAS USED
BY ALMOST EVERYONE IN HIS CLASS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MADISON HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): Earth ; JUPITER ; MARS ; MERCURY ; NEPTUNE ; PLANETS ; PLUTO ; SATURN ; URANUS ; VENUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 10-00-1973
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DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
WHERE STOOD--- AS SWEET AS A ROSE,
ALONG CAME A NIGGER AND KISSED HER ON THE NOSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 9175 YORKSHIRE
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-18-1967
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,/
THERE SAT DEBBIE AS
PRETTY AS A ROSE./ SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET,/ ALONG CAME PAUL AND
KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-07-1970
MARRY A UGLY WOMAN AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY FOR THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE.
Submitter comment: FROM FAMILY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NO NEED FOR JEALOUSY?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-07-1967
IF A PERSON WANTS TO SEE A GHOST, HE SHOULD RUB HIS FINGER ON A
DOG'S EYE AND THEN RUB HIS FINGERS OVER HIS EYES.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONJURY
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Children's Jump Rope
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLA
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS A FELLA
MADE A MISTAKE AND KISSED A SNAKE
THEN CAME DOWN WITH A BELLY ACHE.
HOW MANY DOCTORS DID IT TAKE?
(THEN PROCEED TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF DOCTORS BY COUNTING THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE CHILD JUMPS IN THE ROPE.)
Where learned: INFORMANT'S HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 01-21-1968
THE BELL WITCH
THE BELL WITCH, OF SUPERNATURAL ORIGIN, IS SAID TO HAVE
EXISTED IN ROBERTSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE ABOUT 75 YEARS
AGO. SHE STARTED OUT WITH GOOD INTENTIONS BUT, AFTER
ATTENDING TWO CHURCH SERVICES AT THE SAME TIME, SHE
TURNED BAD. HER MAIN INTENT SEEMED TO BE TO INFLICT
SUFFERING, PARTICULARLY UPON JOHN BELL. SHE TORMENTED
HIM TO HIS DEATH.
ANDREW JACKSON, AMONG MANY OTHERS, IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE
SEEN THE BELL WITCH.
THE LATE CHARLES BRYAN, FORMER MEMBER OF THE PEABODY
COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MUSIC, WROTE A CANTATA CALLED "THE
BELL WITCH CANTATA."
Where learned: DORM ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): MUSICAL COMPOSITION ; PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 05-09-1969
I ONCE SAW THIS THING IN 1964, LIKE A JET VAPOR TRAIN
AND IT WOULD GO ACROSS THE SKY WITHOUT SPREADING OUT.
SO ALL OF US KIDS WHO SAW IT ON THE PLAYGROUND AT
ROSEBANK STARTED GETTING REAL EXCITED THINKING WE
WERE BEING VISITED BY OTHER PLANETS AND EVERYTHING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ALIENS ; UFO U. F. O. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT ; VAPOR TRAIL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Celestial Body |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
ONCE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, IN SUMMER OF LAST YEAR, I SAW
THIS BRIGHT STAR-LIKE THING IN THE SKY. IF I TOOK
IT TO THE AIR FORCE, THEY'D TELL ME IT WAS THE PLANET
VENUS. HOWEVER, IT WAS ABOUT TEN O'CLOCK AT NIGHT--
TOO LATE AT NIGHT FOR THE PLANET VENUS TO BE SEEN.
ALSO, THE OBJECT WAS TOO BRIGHT. IT WASN'T MOVING
AT ALL, SO IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A LIGHT FROM AN
AIRPLANE, HELICOPTER OR BLIMP. I TOOK A PICTURE OF IT
WHICH DIDN'T TURN OUT, SO WE HAVE NO PROOF. WHEN I
WENT OUTSIDE LATER THE THING WAS GONE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ALIENS ; UFO U. F. O. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Celestial Body |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I WAS LOOKING OUT THE DEN WINDOW AND I
SAW THIS STRANGE OBJECT THAT WAS OBLONG HOVERING VERY
LOW OVER TREES. IT WAS IN AUGUST. IT HAD VERY, VERY
BRIGHT ORANGE LIGHTS SHINING THROUGH ROWS AND ROWS OF
WINDOWS. SO, I DISMISSED IT FROM MY MIND AND I WAS
DETERMINED NOT TO TELL ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY'D THINK
I WAS NUTS. SO, IN A FEW DAYS AT MY DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY
PARTY ONE OF THE LITTLE GUESTS CAME IN AND SAID, "GUESS
WHAT, MY SISTER AND I SAW THE OTHER DAY?" A FLYING SAUCER."
IT TURNED OUT IT WAS AT THE SAME LOCATION AND TIME AS
THE ONE I HAD SEEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ALIENS ; UFO U. F. O. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Celestial Body |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
PROVERB
LET YOUR CONSCIENCE BE YOUR GUIDE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): JIMINY CRICKET PINNOCHIO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN THE RIFLES COMPANY OF MARINES I WAS IN, WE SMOKED
CIGARS WHENEVER WE WENT INTO CAMP LeJEANS SWAMPS BECAUSE
WE TOLD EACH OTHER THAT IT KEPT GNATS AND MOSQUITOES
AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): CAMP LEJEUNE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- P535 |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
EATING BLACK-EYED PEAS AND HOGS JAWL ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
BRING GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): JOWL
Date learned: 00-00-1972
THERE WAS A STORY AT OLIVET COLLEGE ABOUT THE FRESHMAN
ENGLISH PROFESSOR WHO GRADED EXAMS BY THROWING
THEM DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS; THE "A'S" WERE ON
THE TOP STEP, THE "A-'S" ON THE NEXT, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; OLIVET
Keyword(s): ACADEMIC JOKES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 12-00-1971 ; 00-00-1960
PREDICTION OF GRADES
THERE IS A PROFESSOR HERE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
WHO IS KNOWN TO GIVE OUT HIS GRADES IN THE FOLLOWING
MANNER (FR. HOETTER).
A-ATHLETES
B-BOYS
C-COEDS
D-DISSENTERS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACADEMIC JOKES, GRADING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN