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AQUONELE (POPPY SEEDS)
THE CHILDREN STAND IN A CIRCLE AND HOLDING HANDS.
THEY SING THE FIRST VERSE. SINGING ZODZIUS: "SEJA
SITAIP, VA IR VA KAIP"--THE CHILDREN DO SOWING MOTIONS
FIRST WITH THEIR RIGHT HAND, THEN THEIR LEFT. SINGING
ON, "TAIP, TAIP AQUONELES SEJA"--EVERYONE CLAPS TWICE
AND TURNS AROUND SLOWLY, IN A FULL CIRCLE, TO THE RIGHT.
THEY REPEAT AGAIN TO THE LEFT.
SINGING THAT THE POPPY SEEDS ARE COMING UP--THE CHILDREN
STOOP DOWN, SHOWING WITH THEIR FINGERS HOW THE POPPY
SEEDS ARE BREAKING THROUGH. THEY AGAIN CLAP 2 AND TURN
TO THE RIGHT, CLAP 2 AGAIN AND TURN TO THE LEFT.
Submitter comment:
SEJA SITAIP VA IR VA KAIP--SHOWING HOW THEY PLANT THE
POPPY SEEDS. SECOND QUOTE: THIS IS HOW, THIS IS HOW
THE POPPIES ARE PLANTED. SINGING OF HOW THEY ARE GROWING (THE POPPY SEEDS), THE CHILDREN STOOP DOWN AND SLOWLY RISE UP, SHOWING HOW HIGH THEY GROW. SINGING OF HOW THE POPPIES BLOOM, THE CHILDREN SLOWLY RAISE THEIR HANDS, HOLDING THEM TOGETHER, AND LEANING BACK JUST A LITTLE. SINGING OF HOW THE POPPIES RIPEN--THE CHILDREN, WITH HANDS RAISED, IMITATE WITH THEIR PALMS THE ROUND HEAD OF A POPPY. SINGING OF HOW THE POPPIES ARE SHAKEN DOWN, THE CHILDREN TURN ROWARDS EACH OTHER, PLACE THEIR HANDS ON EACH OTHERS ARMS ABOVE THE ELBOWS AND SHAKE. SINGING OF HOW THE POPPIES ARE BEING GRINDED--THE CHILDREN STOOP DOWN AND EVERYONE WITH THEIR RIGHT HAND MAKE A CIRCLE, IMITATING GRINDING. SINGING OF HOW TO EAT POPPIES--THE CHILDREN STAND AND THROW HANDFULS INTO THEIR MOUTHS. "POPPY SEEDS" IS A VERY POPULAR SONG AMONG THE LITTLE KIDS. NO ONE KNOWS WHERE IT ORIGINATED FROM OR WHO WROTE (IT), SO IT IS TRUE FOLKLORE. MY MOTHER'S STEP-MOTHER TOLD ME THAT SHE LEARNED THAT WHEN SHE WAS ONLY SEVEN YEARS OLD. SO IT'S PRETTY OLD. ALL OF THESE GAME-VERSES ARE OLD, BUT THE KIDS LOVE THEM.
A COMBINATION OF BOTH DANCE AND GAME.
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching |
Date learned: 03-27-1972
FOLKART-CONVERSION OF ARTICLES TO NEW USES.
MILK CAN CONVERTED TO A PATIO ORNAMENTATION.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WAS LOOKING FOR VARIOUS ARTIFACTS THAT WOULD COMPLETE
HER DECOR OF HER HOME IN EARLY AMERICAN. SHE WANTED TO CARRY THIS
THEME THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE AND INTO THE SURROUNDING AREA.
FUNCTIOMAL SHIFT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 48006
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Household furniture and utensil ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Accessories: Fireplace, stove, oven, lighting, etc. |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
GEOGRAPHY
CURIOUSLY, WHEN ONE IS HEADED NORTH ON LAKE MICHIGAN, ONE IS "DOWN-
WARD," AND HEADED SOUTHWARD TO CHICAGO, ONE IS "UPBOUND." THIS OCCURS
ONLY ON LAKE MICHIGAN. THE NAVIGATIONAL AND MARITIME TRADITION WHICH
DEFINES THE CONCEPTS "UPBOUND"AND "DOWNBOUND" IS THAT "DOWNBOUND" IS
ALWAYS "SEAWARD TO THE HEAD OF NAVIGATION." HENCE, ON THE GREAT LAKES
"DOWNWARD" IS THE DIRECTION OF THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY FROM THE
LAKES. YET, ON LAKE ERIE, SAILORS DO NOT DESIGNATE DIRECTION BY
"UPBOUND" OR "DOWNBOUND" BUT "EASTBOUND" OR "WESTBOUND"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 225 WASHINGTON ST ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 49684
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
INFORMANT TOLD ME OF HOW IN HER KENTUCKY CHILDHOOD, HER PARENTS
WOULD HAVE THE MINISTER FROM THEIR CHURCH THEY ATTENDED COME
OVER FOR A CHICKEN DINNER ON SUNDAY AFTRNOON. ON ONE PARTICU-
LAR SUNDAY, SHE AND HER BROTHER THOUGHT OF A WAY TO MAKE THE
MINISTER (WHOM THEY BOTH FOUND INSUFFERABLE) LEAVE EARLY.
THAT MORNING, BEFORE CHURCH, THE INFORMANT'S BROTHER STUCK
A PAIR OF HUGE SCISSORS UNDER THE THIN CUSHION THAT WAS ON THE
MINISTER'S FAVORITE CHAIR HE ALWAYS CHOSE TO SIT ON WHENEVER
HE VISITED THEIR HOME. LATER THAT AFTERNOON, AFTER DINNER,
THE FAMILY RETIRED TO THE PARLOR. THE MINISTER WAS NOTICE-
ABLY UNCOMFORTABLE, AND EVENTUALLY GOT UP TO LEAVE. AFTER
TH MINISTER LEFT, THEY ADMITTED TO THEIR GRANDMOTHER WHAT
THEY HAD DONE AFTER SHE FOUND THE SCISSORS, AND THEY RECEIVED
THEIR DUE PUNISHMENT. HOWEVER, THE GRANDMOTHER SAID, "I HOPE
HE WASN'T TOO UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT I NEVER LIKED HIM TOO MUCH
ANYWAY."
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY IS COMPARABLE TO "THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA" IN
CONTENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19972 WHITCOMB ; KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Occupation Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 11-29-1971
INFORMANT TOLD ME OF HOW IN HER KENTUCKY CHILDHOOD, HER PARENTS
WOULD HAVE THE MINISTER FROM THEIR CHURCH THEY ATTENDED COME
OVER FOR A CHICKEN DINNER ON SUNDAY AFTRNOON. ON ONE PARTICU-
LAR SUNDAY, SHE AND HER BROTHER THOUGHT OF A WAY TO MAKE THE
MINISTER (WHOM THEY BOTH FOUND INSUFFERABLE) LEAVE EARLY.
THAT MORNING, BEFORE CHURCH, THE INFORMANT'S BROTHER STUCK
A PAIR OF HUGE SCISSORS UNDER THE THIN CUSHION THAT WAS ON THE
MINISTER'S FAVORITE CHAIR HE ALWAYS CHOSE TO SIT ON WHENEVER
HE VISITED THEIR HOME. LATER THAT AFTERNOON, AFTER DINNER,
THE FAMILY RETIRED TO THE PARLOR. THE MINISTER WAS NOTICE-
ABLY UNCOMFORTABLE, AND EVENTUALLY GOT UP TO LEAVE. AFTER
TH MINISTER LEFT, THEY ADMITTED TO THEIR GRANDMOTHER WHAT
THEY HAD DONE AFTER SHE FOUND THE SCISSORS, AND THEY RECEIVED
THEIR DUE PUNISHMENT. HOWEVER, THE GRANDMOTHER SAID, "I HOPE
HE WASN'T TOO UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT I NEVER LIKED HIM TOO MUCH
ANYWAY."
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY IS COMPARABLE TO "THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA" IN
CONTENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19972 WHITCOMB ; KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Occupation Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 11-29-1971
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"SQUAWK BOX" (THE RADIO TELEPHONE)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 225 WASHINGTON ST ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 49684
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
I REMEMBER THE ONE, THERE WAS A MAN WHO WENT TO COMMUNION AND
HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS REALLY GOD. SO WHEN THE PRIEST
GAVE HIM THE HOST, HE HURRIED UP AND TOOK IT OUT OF HIS
MOUTH AND PUT IT IN A HANDKERCHIEF, WRAPPED IT UP AND PUT
IT IN HIS POCKET. AND WHEN HE GOT HOME, HE WENT IN HIS
ROOM AND CLOSED THE DOOR, TOOK A HAMMER AND A NAIL, AND HE
NAILED THE HOST TO THE WALL, AND IT BEGAN TO BLEED. HE
DROWN {DROWNED} IN THE BLOOD.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"DEAD SEA" (A HEAVY SEA AFTER THE WIND HAS DIED)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 225 WASHINGTON ST ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 49684
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"ARM THE LEAD LINE" (TO STICK SOAP OR WAX IN THE LEAD, LOWER IT TO
THE BOTTOM WHICH STICKS TO TO SOAP OR WAX IN ORDER TO TELL THE BOTTOM
TEXTURE)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 225 WASHINGTON ST ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 49684
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"PICKING US UP" (DURING A FEVERISH RACE AT FULL STEAM FOR FIRST
POSITION TO UNLOAD IN THE PORT, THE ASTERN GAINS)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 225 WASHINGTON ST ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 49684
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"DROP THE HOOK" (LOWER THE ANCHOR)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 225 WASHINGTON ST ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 49684
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"BRAIN BOX" (THE PILOT HOUSE)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 225 WASHINGTON ST ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 49684
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"POPPING RIVETS" (RIVETS SHOOTING OUT FROM BOW AND HULL PLATES FROM
SEVERE SEA AND WIND STRAIN; A FRIGHTENING OCCURRENCE DURING HEAVY
GALES; IN THE INTERIOR OF THE SHIP)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 225 WASHINGTON ST ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 49684
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"LET HER GO" (UP THE KNOTAGE PER HOUR BY SETTING THE THROTTLE FORWARD
ONE NOTCH).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 225 WASHINGTON ST ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 49684
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
I USED TO THINK THAT ALL BOYS WERE NICE AS PIE,
BUT WHEN I THINK WHAT I HAVE THUNK,
I THINK I THUNK A LIE.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MISSOURI ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
THE "OLD MAN" (THE SKIPPER, CAPTAIN, MASTER)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 225 WASHINGTON ST ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 49684
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
KISSES ARE SWEET, BUT OH HOW BITTER,
TO KISS A YOUNG TOBACCO SPITTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MISSOURI ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 11-05-1967 ; 00-00-1945
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"PULLING HER" (DURING RACE TO PORT WITH VESSEL OF ANOTHER COMPANY,
THE FIREMAN SHOVEL COAL AS FAST AS POSSIBLE).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 225 WASHINGTON ST ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 49684
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
LOVE IS SUCH A FUNNY THING,
IT LOOKS LIKE A LIZARD,
IT GOES IN YOUR HEART,
AND COMES OUT YOUR GIZZARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MISSOURI ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 11-05-1967 ; 00-00-1945
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"BLUE WATER PAST PORTHOLE" (SEAS HIGH EMOUGH TO COVER THE PORTHOLE
WITH SOLID WATER INSTEAD OF SPRAY)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 225 WASHINGTON ST ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 49684
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970