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THERE WAS A GIRL YOU COULD TICKLE,
BY POKING HER RIBS WITH A PICKLE.
AT A CHURCH FAIR ONE DAY,
THEY MADE THE BOYS PAY,
BY CHARGING A NICKEL A TICKLE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER UNCLE, WHO WAS A MINISTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE ; HUMOR CHILDREN MONEY ; METER: TROCHAIC ; METONYMY ; RHYME: FEMININE, INTERNAL, AABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
WHEN YOU GROW UP AND LIVE IN A HUT SEND ME A PICTURE OF
YOUR FIRST-BORN NUT!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): CHILD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
VERSE
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A FLAT, SEND ME A PICTURE OF YOUR
LITTLE BRAT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): MARRIAGE SLANG FOR CHILD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE A TOT,
SEND ME A LETTER FOR A PE-PE POT.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM: PE-PE POT FOR CHILD'S TOILET BABY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP
A BAG OF CANDY AT MY FEET.
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
YOU'LL KNOW I DIED OF A STOMACH ACHE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY ON A CHILDREN'S PRAYER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
VERSE
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A FLAT, SEND ME A PICTURE OF YOUR
LITTLE BRAT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): MARRIAGE ; SLANG FOR CHILD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 09-09-1972
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
WHEN YOU GROW UP AND LIVE IN A HUT SEND ME A PICTURE OF
YOUR FIRST-BORN NUT!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): CHILD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
Q: HOW DOES A POLLACK SPELL FARM ?
A: E I E I O
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): REFRAIN FROM "OLD MC DONALD HAD A FARM," A CHILDREN'S SONG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
MISTER PUMPKIN EATER
IF YOU ARE NOT IN BED AT THE TIME YOU ARE TOLD, A GIGANTIC
PUMPKIN HEAD WILL COME IN YOUR ROOM AND EAT YOU
Submitter comment:
I USED TO TELL MY SISTER THIS WHEN I BABYSAT AND SHE
WOULDN'T GO TO BED. YOU CAN IMPROVE ON IT BY ADDING SCARY
SOUNDS AND GESTURES. I'M NOT SURE WHERE I LEARNED IT, BUT SINCE
THEN WE TELL IT TO CHILDREN WE BABYSIT FOR.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): CARNIVEROUS PLANT ; FUNCTION: TO SCARE CHILD INTO GOING TO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Supernatural Being BELIEF -- Plant |
ENGLISH COMMEMORATION DAY
CHILDERMAS DAY IN ENGLAND PARALLELS HOLY INNOCENTS' DAY IN AMERICA.
IT IS A COMMEMORATIO'N OF HEROD'S SLAUGHTER OF THE CHILDREN;
OBSERVED ON DECEMBER 28. THE DAY IS CONSIDERED UNLUCKY.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): CHILDERMAS DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 28 Holy Innocents |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
BETTER THAN SPANKING
IN THAILAND, MANY PARENTS FEEL THAT INSTEAD OF SPANKING THEIR
CHILDREN, A MORE EFFECTIVE PUNISHMENT FOR A SERIOUS MATTER IS TO
MAKE THE CHILD LIE UNDER THE BED FOR A WHILE.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): PARENTS CHILDREN PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
PLASTER FOR A CHEST COLD
MAKE A HOT MIXTURE OF FLAXSEED AND LARD AND SPREAD IT ON THE CHEST.
THEN COVER THE BODY WITH A LINEN TOWEL OR WRAP.
ADDITIONAL BLANKETS SHOULD BE USED TO FURTHER INDUCE SWEATING.
THIS PLASTER WAS USED ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN
BECAUSE IT DID NOT BURN THEIR SKIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED THIS WITH HER CHILDREN. (1900-1930).
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH ; 64 HIMBER ST
Keyword(s): CHILDHOOD REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
BELIEF
A MOTHER LOSES A TOOTH FOR EVERY CHILD THAT SHE BEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14174 ROSSINI DR
Keyword(s): CHILDBEARING ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-04-1970
BIRTH: TREATMENT OF EXPECTANT MOTHERS
FOR EVERY BABY YOU HAVE YOU WILL LOSE A TOOTH.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
Keyword(s): CHILDBIRTH ; LOSS OF TEETH ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
CROUP
IF A BABY HAS THE CROUP FRY SOME ONIONS AND PUT THEM IN YOUR
HUSBAND'S SOCK. THEN PIN IT AROUND THE BABY'S NECK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS ON THE PHONE(A WET BATTERY 30 PARTY UNIT
INSTALLATION) WHILE A CHILD AND LIVING ON THE FARM IN CENTRAL
ILLINOIS. AN OLD LADY WAS SUGGESTING IT TO HER DAUGHTER
FOR A GRANDCHILD.
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): CHILD'S CROUP ; HEAT REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-01-1971
FEVER
AN EGG POURED FROM ONE GLASS TO ANOTHER OVER THE HEAD OF A FEVERY
CHILD WILL BREAK THE TEMPERATURE.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): CHILD'S FEVER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
FEVER
GENERALLY USED IN THE CASE OF AN INFANT:
TAKE THE LEAF OF A CACTUS PLANT, CUT IT IN HALF,
AND PLACE ON THE BABY'S STOMACH.
THIS WILL GRADUALLY DRAW THE FEVER OUT.
Where learned: WESTERN YMCA ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CHILD'S FEVER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-12-1971
Language
RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY/ COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY/ LITTLE JOHNNIE WANTS
TO PLAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD / Updated on 01-13-2011
Where learned: EAST DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Language ; Play ; Rain ; RHYME ; SONG ; VERSE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
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Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLOCK WHO:
THOUGHT "NO KIDDING" MEANT A FORM OF BIRTH CONTROL?
Where learned: DETROIT ; REGINA HIGH SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON KID ; SLANG: KID FOR CHILD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
HAUNTED HOUSE.
I WAS HOME WITH THE BABY. THE BABY WAS ASLEEP AND I HEARD THIS
CHILD RUNNING AND IT SOUNDED LIKE THE CHILD BUMPED INTO THE WALL.
SO WHEN I CHECKED ON THE BABY HE WAS STILL ASLEEP.
Where learned: COLLECTED BY MAIL
Keyword(s): GHOST- CHILD.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-30-1971