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EAT A LOT OF CARROTS WHEN
EXPECTING, YOUR BABY WILL
HAVE THICK HAIR AND GOOD EYES.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO JEAN BY HER SISTER
IN-LAW A LONG TIME AGO, SHE TOLD
THIS TO EVERYONE. JEAN'S SISTER
IN-LAW'S CHILDREN HAD NO HAIR AND
EACH ONE WEARS GLASSES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00001970S
TWENTY QUESTIONS
A SCENE IS GIVEN, FROM WHICH THE AUDIENCE MUST DISCOVER
WHAT HAPPENED BY ASKING LEADING QUESTIONS.
SCENE: THERE IS A MAN LYING DEAD ON A DRIVEWAY, A
CAR IN THE GARAGE, A PIECE OF PAPER, AND A SET OF
TRACKS. WHAT HAPPENED?
ANSWER: THE MAN LYING DEAD ON THE SIDEWALK HAD RUN OVER
A MAN SEVERAL YEARS AGO IN THE CAR ACCIDENT, AND
CRIPPLED THE MAN FOR LIFE. HE HAD LEFT THE ACCIDENT
AND THE MAN WHO HAD BEEN CRIPPLED HAD ONLY BEEN ABLE
TO COPY DOWN HIS LICENSE NUMBER ON THE SLIP OF PAPER.
HE SWORE HE WOULD GET EVEN WITH THE MAN, SO CAME
BACK IN HIS WHEELCHAIR AND KILLED THE MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
TWENTY QUESTIONS
SCENE: THERE ARE TWO MEN LYING DEAD IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DESERT WITH PACKS ON THEIR BACKS AND NO
FOOTPRINTS. WHAT HAPPENED?
ANSWER: THE MEN WERE PARACHUTING OVER THE DESERT WHEN
THEIR PARACHUTES FAILED TO OPEN AND THEY CRASHED AND
DIED.
SCENE: A MAN IS RIDING IN AN ELEVATOR OF HIS APARTMENT
BUILDING WHEN SUDDENLY THE ELEVATOR STOPS AND HE KNOWS
INSTANTANEOUSLY THAT HIS WIFE HAS JUST DIED. HOW DID
HE KNOW?
ANSWER: THE MAN'S WIFE HAD A DEFECTIVE LUNG, AND WAS IN
AN ARTIFICIAL LUNG. AS SOON AS THE ELECTRICITY WENT
OFF, SHE WAS UNABLE TO BREATHE, AND SHE WOULD HAVE DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
COUNSELOR IN TRAINING GRADUATION
CIT GRADUATION IS THE CEREMONY THAT A COUNSELOR IN TRAINING GOES
THROUGH BEFORE SHE IS AN OFFICIAL STAFF MEMBER. BASICALLY, THE
CEREMONY IS QUIET AND THOUGHTFUL. A GENERAL OUTLINE OF ONE SUCH
CEREMONY FOLLOWS. MM
I PROCESSION INTO THE AREA
II POEM
III MAGIC CAMPFIRE- A CAMPFIRE LIT WITH AN ARROW.
IV SONG
V ACTUAL GRADUATION
A) POEM
B) STAFF PRESENTATION-STAFF TIES ARE GIVEN TO THE CIT GIRLS
FROM THEIR SPECIAL STAFF FRIENDS
C) CAMP DIRECTORS PRESENT DIPLOMAS AND WISH BALLOONS
D) CIT GIRLS ARE BROUGHT TO A PAPER BAG FILLED WITH SAND AND
A CANDLE AND LIGHT THE CANDLE.
VI POEM
VII POEMS BY THE CIT INDIVIDUALS
VIII SONG
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS EXTREMELY SENTIMENTAL WHEN DESCRIBING THIS CEREMONY
AND EVEN STARTED TO CRY. SHE WAS AVIDLY REMEMBERING HER OWN CIT
GRADUATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WIXOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 02-07-1980 ; 00-00-1978
WISH CANDLES
WISH CANDLES ARE SMALL INDIVIDUAL FLOATING CANDLES THAT ARE MADE
FOR CEREMONIES AND SET AFLOAT ON LAKES. DURING THE CEREMONY, THE
PARTICIPANTS SET THEM OUT ON THE WATER FROM DOCKS OR SHORELINES AT
THE SAME TIME AND MAKE WISHES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT WISH CANDLES ARE USED IN CEREMONIES AS A
QUIET THOUGHTFUL ACTIVITY.
THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE CEREMONY OFTEN LINGER ON THE BEACH AND
WAIT FOR ALL THE CANDLES TO GO OUT.
THE INFORMANT LEARNED OF WISH CANDLES AT CAMP, AND BECAME VERY
SENTIMENTAL AS SHE SPOKE OF A LAKE COVERED WITH LITTLE FLAMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WIXOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Custom |
Date learned: 02-07-1980 ; 00-00-1974
GORP
GORP IS A HIGH ENERGY FOOD EATEN BY CAMPERS AND HIKERS. IT IS A
MIXTURE OF RAISINS, PEANUTS, M&M CHOCOLATE CANDY AND SOMETIMES BEEF
JERKY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECOMMENDS IT AS A SNACK TOO} SHE SAID IT IS GOOD WHEN YO
ARE DOING STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WIXOM
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit Food Drink -- Plant food Nut Food Drink -- Meat Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
Date learned: 02-07-1980
SNIPE HUNT
A SNIPE HUNT IS A HUNT FOR AN IMAGINARY ANIMAL. IT IS A GAME.
BEFORE THE HUNT BEGINS, BROWN BAGS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE HUNTERS
AND THEY ARE TOLD THAT SNIPES LIVE IN THE WOODS AND ARE ATTRACTED TO
NOISE.
THE HUNT BEGINS WITH THE HUNTERS GOING INTO THE WOODS AND HITTING
STICKS TOGETHER FOR NOISE. POT AND PAN LIDS CAN ALSO BE USED.
THE PLAYERS ARE TOLD TO HOLD THEIR BAGS OPEN SO THAT THE SNIPE
CAN JUMP IN AND THEY CAN CATCH IT. THE NOISE MUST BE MAINTAINED IN
ORDER TO ATTRACT THE SNIPE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT MANY TIMES, SNIPES ARE DESCRIBED BY CAMP
STAFF SO THAT CAMPERS KNOW WHAT TO LOOK FOR.
THE GAME ITSELF IS LOOKED UPON AS A JOKE PLAYED ON CAMPERS BY THE
CAMP STAFF. MANY INEXPERIENCED CAMPERS ARE OFTEN TRICKED INTO
THINKING THERE IS A REAL ANIMAL CALLED A SNIPE.
THE INFORMANT ALSO CAUTIONED THE COLLECTOR NOT TO PLAY THE GAME
ON VERY YOUNG CAMPERS WHO GET SCARED VERY EASILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WIXOM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 02-07-1980 ; 00-00-1964
OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER BILL-DING (BUILDING).
INFORMANT GETS TOGETHER WITH OTHERS AND MAKES UP
THESE NAMES AS A PASTIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit |
Date learned: 11-08-1971
A GAME INVOLVING TWO OR MORE PLAYERS. OBJECT IS TO TRY
TO GO ON THE TRIP WITH THE LEADER BY NAMING AN OBJECT
WITH (A) SAME FIRST LETTER, (B) DOUBLE CONSONANT WORDS,
(C) SAME LAST LETTER, ETC. WHATEVER THE LEADER
DECIDES. BEGIN: LEADER: "I AM GOING ON A TRIP AND I
AM GOING TO BRING 'BALOONS.' PLAYER: REPEATS SAME
PHRASE ADDING SOMETHING HE IS GOING TO BRING--AN
AIRPLANE. LEADER: "NO YOU CAN'T GO." NEXT PLAYER REPEATS
THE SAME PHRASE BUT SAYS "BRING BEER." LEADER: "YES
YOU MAY GO." THE GAME STARTS AGAIN AND CONTINUES UNTIL
ALL THE PLAYERS HAVE CAUGHT ON TO THE OBJECT OF THE GAME.
FOR EXAMPLE, IN THIS GAME YOU HAD TO FIGURE OUT THAT I
WAS BEGINNING WITH THE LETTER "B" AND YOU COULDN'T
GO ON THE TRIP UNTIL YOU SAID SOMETHING YOU WERE GOING
TO BRING THAT BEGAN WITH "B."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit |
Date learned: 01-24-1972
CHILDREN'S CAMP SONG
CHORUS:
EDDIE CUCHIE CATCHIE CAMA TOSA ERA TOSA
NOMA SOMA CAMA WACKIE BROWN
FELL INTO THE WELL, FELL IN TO THE WELL
FELL INTO THE DEEP DARK WELL.
VERSES:
SUSIE JONES MILKING IN THE BARN SAW HIM FALL
AND RAN INSIDE TO TELL HER MA THAT (CHORUS)
SUSIE'S MA, MAKING CRACKLIN' BREAD
TOLD HER PA WHO HOBBLED INTO TOWN AND SAID THAT (CHORUS)
FROM THE TOWN, EVERYBODY CAME
WHAT A SHAME IT TOOK SO LONG TO SAY HIS NAME THAT(CHORUS)
AFTER SINGING THIS LAST CHORUS YOU SING "WHO?" AND REPEAT THE
CHORUS ONCE MORE AND THEN SAY "DROWNED"
Submitter comment:
THIS SONG IS SUNG AT CYO (CATHOLIC YOUTH ORGANIZATION) CAMPS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Port Sanilac
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CHANT ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 06-00-1975
OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER CHARLES-TON (CHARLESTON).
OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER PHIL ABUSTER (FILABUSTER).
OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER MADGE IC (MAGIC).
OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER HANK KERCHIEF (HANDKERCHIF).
INFORMANT GETS TOGETHER WITH OTHERS AND MAKES UP
THESE NAMES AS A PASTIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit |
Date learned: 11-08-1971
OF COURSE YOU REMEMBER CLARA--NET! (CLARINET).
OF COURSE YOU REMEMBER PHIL-OSOPHY. (PHILOSOPHY).
OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER CY COLOGY (PSYCHOLOGY).
OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER TIM PANI (TYMPANI).
OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER TEX ACO (TEXACO--BRAND NAME).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit |
Date learned: 11-08-1971
ONE POTATOE, TWO POTATOE, THREE POTATOE,
MORE, FOUR POTATOES, 5 POTATOES, 6 POTATOES, SCORE.
THIS IS USED WHEN PLAYING GAMES. IT'S MOST OFTEN USED
BY CHILDREN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C531 |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
RED ROVER, RED ROVER
IN THIS GAME, TWO LINES ARE FORMED OPPOSITE EACH OTHER.
THE CHILDREN JOIN HANDS OR ARMS TO TRY TO FORM AN
IMPENETRABLE LINE. ONE TEAM CALLS A MEMBER FROM THE
OPPOSING TEAM:
RED ROVER, RED ROVER, LET (NAME) COME OVER.
FROM HIS OR HER SIDE, THE CHILD STARTS TO RUN,
BUILDING UP SPEED AND FORCE. HE TRIES TO BREAK THROUGH
THE LINE BY BREAKING THE GRIPS OF THE FIRST TEAM.
IF HE IS ABLE TO GO THROUGH, HE TAKES A MEMBER OF THAT
TEAM TO HIS TEAM, THIS PERSON MUST JOIN THAT TEAM AND
ADD ONTO THE LINE. IF HE DOESN'T BREAK THROUGH, HE MUST
REMAIN WITH THAT TEAM AND JOIN THE LINE.
NOW THE OTHER TEAM CALLS SOMEONE FROM THE FIRST TEAM.
THE GAME IS CONTINUED UNTIL THERE IS NO ONE LEFT ON ONE
TEAM. THE WINNING TEAM IS THE ONE WHICH HAS CAPTURED
ALL THE PLAYERS.
Submitter comment: I PLAYED THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT
ALL THE CHILDREN ARE LINED UP AT A DISTANCE FROM IT.
WHEN IT TURNS HIS BACK, EVERYONE MAY RUN OR MOVE
TOWARD HIM. WHEN HE TURNS BACK, IF HE SEES ANYBODY
MOVING, THAT PERON MUST RETURN TO THE STARTING POSITION.
THE FIRST PERSON TO REACH IT BECOMES THE NEW IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
WHAT TIME IS IT, MR. FOX?
IN THIS GAME ONE CHILD WAS THE FOX AND THE REST WERE
SHEEP. THE SHEEP WOULD ASK "WHAT TIME IS IT, MR.
FOX?" AND THE FOX WOULD ANSWER, "ONE O'CLOCK."
THE SHEEP WOULD ASK AGAIN AND THE FOX WOULD ANSWER
"TWO O'CLOCK." THIS WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL TWELVE
O'CLOCK WHEN THE FOX WOULD CHASE ALL THE SHEEP.
THE ONE HE CAUGHT WOULD BECOME THE NEW FOX.
Submitter comment: VARIATION: GHOST IN THE GRAVEYARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
HIDE AND SEEK
TAKE AN EMPTY TIN CAN AND PUT IT ON THE FLOOR. SOMEONE
WHO WILL BE CHOSEN AS THE GHOST AND SOMEONE ELSE
WILL KICK THE CAN SO THAT IT MAY TAKE THE GHOST
SOME TIME TO PICK IT UP. THE OTHER CHILDREN WILL RUN
AND HIDE SO THAT THE GHOST CANNOT SEE THEM. IF THE
GHOST SPOTS A PERSON, HE CAN RUN BACK TO THE STARTING
PLACE. IF THIS PERSON GETS BACK BEFORE THE GHOST, HE
WILL NOT LOSE OR BE THE NEXT GHOST.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT OBSERVED THIS GAME IN TAIWAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TAIWAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
BLOODY MURDER
THIS IS A ROUNDABOUT VERSION OF THE OLD STANDARD
"HIDE-AND-GO-SEEK." IN THIS GAME, THE PERSON WHO IS
CHOSEN "IT" HAS TO RUN AND HIDE, WHILE EVERYBODY
ELSE HAS TO STAY AT THE GOAL AND COUNT TO 100.
THEY BREAK UP, AND THE FIRST PERSON TO FIND THE "IT"
SHOUTS "BLOODY MURDER," AND EVERYONE RUNS BACK TO THE
GOAL. NOW, THE "IT" PERSON CHASES THEM, AND CAN TAG
ANYONE HE PLEASES, NOT JUST THE ONE WHO SHOUTED
"BLOODY MURDER." THE PERSON HE TAGS THEN HAS TO BE
"IT"--IF HE DOES NOT TAG ANYONE, THEN HE STILL
MAINTAINS THAT POSITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 12-02-1971
ON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 1ST (THE DAY BEFORE ALL
SOULS DAY) IT IS A CUSTOM TO PLACE A GLASS OF
WATER ON A LEDGE OUTSIDE A WINDOW SO THAT THE MANY
SOULS WHO WILL BE GOING TO HEAVEN THAT DAY DUE TO
THE SPECIAL PRAYERS SAID FOR THEM, WILL BE ABLE TO
HAVE A DRINK OF WATER, WHILE ON THEIR WAY. THESE SOULS,
GRATEFUL FOR THE COOLING WATER, WILL THEN REMEMBER
YOU WHEN YOU ARE IN PURGATORY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOESN'T KNOW WHERE DONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- November 1 All Saints BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-25-1971
FESTIVAL CUSTOM (PRESUMABLY CHINESE)
THERE ARE A SEQUENCE OF GHOST FESTIVALS IN JULY IN
DIFFERENT VILLAGES, WHERE IF YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR
GHOST, YOU GET INSIDE A BAMBOO CAGE WHICH ORIGINALLY
HELD CHICKENS. THE THOUGHT BEHIND THIS IS THAT YOU
CAN OBSERVE YOUR GHOST WITHOUT BEING SEEN INSIDE THE
CAGE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ACTUALLY OBSERVED THIS EVENT IN HIS OWN
VILLAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CHINA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July |
Date learned: 02-12-1971