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I WISH YOU LUCK, I WISH YOU JOY
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY
WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL
AND WHEN HER HAIR GETS STRAIGHT AS PINS
I WISH YOU THEN A SET OF TWINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MISSOURI ; GROSSE POINTE ; BIRCH TREE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 03-01-1972 ; 00-00-1939
BELIEVE ME, MY DEAR--
YOU'D BETTER LOCK YOUR HEART
IN AN OLD TIN TRUNK
AND SAVE IT FOR A FELLOW
THAT DON'T GET DRUNK.
(THEY MAKE YOU TO (?) UNHAPPY)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MISSOURI ; GROSSE POINTE ; BIRCH TREE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
WHEN YOU ARE IN THE KITCHEN FRYING MEAT--
THINK OF ME AND MY BIG FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MISSOURI ; GROSSE POINTE ; BIRCH TREE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
WHAT SHALL I WRITE
WHAT SHALL IT BE--
TWO LITTLE WORDS
"REMEMBER ME."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MISSOURI ; GROSSE POINTE ; BIRCH TREE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
FLOWERS MAY WITHER
LEAVES MAY DIE
FRIENDS MAY FORSAKE YOU
BUT NOT I. (UNDERLINED)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MISSOURI ; GROSSE POINTE ; BIRCH TREE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
WHENEVER YOU GO TO A PARTY
AND DON'T GET IN TILL LATE,
REMEMBER IT IS BED TIME
AND DON'T SWING ON THE GATE.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MISSOURI ; GROSSE POINTE ; BIRCH TREE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
THE PERSON WHO GETS THE LONGEST END OF A WISHBONE,
GETS HIS WISH.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; KANSAS CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
SAY "BREAD AND BUTTER" WHEN AN OBJECT COMES BETWEEN YOU
AND YOUR COMPANION OR YOU WILL HAVE AN ARGUMENT.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; KANSAS CITY
James Callow Keyword(s): FIGHT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Human condition and activities SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001950'S
THE GIRL WHO TAKES THE LAST PIECE OF CAKE, CANDY, ETC.,
WILL BE AN OLD MAID
Where learned: MISSOURI ; KANSAS CITY
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Human condition and activities |
Date learned: 00001950'S
IF YOU TELL A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; KANSAS CITY
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00001950'S
IF YOU WASH A CAR, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; KANSAS CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 00001950'S
EACH WHITE SPOT ON YOUR FINGERNAIL STANDS FOR GUYS WHO
LOVE YOU.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; KANSAS CITY
Date learned: 00001950'S
MOTHER AND DAD HAVE TOLD ME MANY TIMES ABOUT THE JULY 4TH IN THE
1930'S, WHEN A FLEET (LITERALLY SCORES) OF UFO'S CROSSED THE
SKIES ABOUT NOONTIME IN RICHMOND, MISSOURI. I HAVE HEARD,
SINCE THE TIME MY PARENTS TOLD ME, THE SAME STORY FROM OTHER
RICHMOND DWELLERS OF THE 1930'S. THEY BELIEVE IT.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; KANSAS CITY ; RICHMOND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001930'S ; 00001950'S
TOMORROW IS THANKSGIVING DAY
TOMORROW IS THANKSGIVING DAY,
AND I FEEL MIGHTY GLUM.
THERELL BE THREE BOYS TO DINNER,
YES, THREE BOYS ARE SURE TO COME.
AND THEYLL EACH WANT A DRUMSTICK.
OH, SAY, WHAT SHALL WE DO?
WE CANNOT HAVE THREE DRUMSTICKS
WHEN THE TURKEY HAS BUT TWO.
Submitter comment: THIS RHYME WAS TAUGHT TO ME BY MOTHER AS A VERY YOUNG CHILD.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
Date learned: CA00001962
TONGUETWISTER
A SKUNK SAT ON A STUMP.
THE SKUNK THUNK THE STUMP STUNK,
THE STUMP THUNK THE SKUNK STUNK.
Submitter comment: I SURE CANT SAY IT.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
TONGUETWISTER
ONE SMART FELLOW, HE FELT SMART;
TWO SMART FELLOWS, THEY FELT SMART;
THREE SMART FELLOWS, THEY ALL FELT SMART.
Submitter comment: BE CAREFUL WITH THIS ONE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: CA06001975
KNOCK-KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK, KNOCK.
WHOS THERE?
SAM AND JANET.
SAM AND JANET WHO?
SAM AND JANET EVENING, YOU MAY MEET A STRANGER...
Submitter comment: THE LAST LINE IS SUNG TO THE TUNE OF: SOME ENCHANTED EVENING.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
CHURCH CUSTOM
CERTAIN PRIESTS OF THE KANSAS CITY-SAINT JOSEPH DIOCESE UPHOLD
THE FOLLOWING TRADITION: IF A PARENT BRINGS AN INFANT TO
COMMUNION, BEFORE THE PRIEST GIVES THE HOST TO THE PARENT, HE
MAKES THE SIGN OF THE CROSS WITH IT OVER THE CHILD, BLESSING IT.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications SPEECH -- Gesture |
GAME
A TRADITIONAL GAME AMONG CERTAIN GROUPS OF CHILDREN IN ST. JOSEPH
IS "BAGA YAGA". THE ESSENTIAL ITEMS: A SHED, PORCH, GARAGE, OR OTHER
"BASE", A TRICYCLE, SCOOTER, OR WAGON FOR USE AS A "POWER",
A PARKED CAR, TREE, OR OTHER STATIONARY OBSTACLE, AN OPEN SPACE,
AND CHILDREN. BY A COUNTING-OUT RHYME, ONE CHILD IS CHOSEN TO BE
BAGA YAGA, OR "IT". BAGA YAGA IS AN EVIL OLD WITCH WHO CHASES ANY
OTHERS WHO VENTURE FORTH FROM THE BASE. THE USE OF THE POWER HELPS
BAGA YAGA CATCH THE OTHERS. THE OBSTACLE AND OPEN SPACE MAKE FOR A
MORE EXCITING CHASE. WHEN BAGA YAGA TAGS ANOTHER CHILD, THAT CHILD
BECOMES BAGA YAGA.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE HEARD OF A LEGEND ABOUT BABA YAGA, AN OLD EASTERN EUROPEAN
WITCH WHO SUPPOSEDLY CHASED INNOCENT CHILDREN BY RIDING IN
A MORTAR AND PESTLE. COULD THERE BE A CONNECTION?
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
ST. PATRICKS DAY CUSTOM
IN CERTAIN AREAS, ST. PATRICKS DAY IS "CELEBRATED" AMONG
SCHOOLCHILDREN IN THE FOLLOWING WAY: ANY CHILD WHO ARRIVES
AT SCHOOL NOT WEARING A GREEN ARTICLE OF CLOTHING IS
MERCILESSLY PINCHED BY CLASSMATES UNTIL THE UNFORTUNATE CHILD
EITHER ESCAPES SHRIEKING OR SUMMONS AID.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |