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KNOCK ON WOOD THREE TIMES FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HER FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Good luck Activities SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-11-1971
WHEN A GIRL GETS MARRIED AND ONE DROP OF RAIN FALLS
ON HER VEIL, SHE WILL HAVE A HAPPY LIFE; HOWEVER,
IF IT RAINS, SHE WILL HAVE A SAD LIFE.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Superstition about good weather BELIEF -- Good luck Activities BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
TO START DONNA'S CAR, IT IS NECESSARY FOR EVERYONE IN
THE CAR TO SHAKE HER HAND FOR GOOD LUCK, OR ELSE THE
CAR WILL OFTEN NOT EVEN TURN OVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck Activities SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-27-1971
GOOD LUCK IN THEATRE: "BREAK A LEG."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FORMULA SPEECH
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Secular BELIEF -- Good luck Activities SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
TO THROW SALT OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER IS A SIGN OF
LUCK. IT USED TO WARD OFF EVIL.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A BELIEF GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
IF A CHILD'S TOOTH HAS JUST BEEN TAKEN OUT, HE WILL
IMMEDIATELY GET ON TOP OF THE ROOF FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Roof Ceiling BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Good luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
WHEN YOU STUMP YOUR RIGHT BIG TOE, YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Good luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CROSSING THE FINGERS MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
SHE SAID THAT SHE LEARNED IT FROM FRIENDS WHEN
SHE WAS VERY YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Good luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN DO YOUR DUTY,
HERE COMES (NAME), THE AMERICAN BEAUTY.
SHE CAN DO THE RHUMBA,
SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS,
HOW MANY DANCES DO YOU WISH?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
JUMP ROPE SONG
(GIRL'S NAME) AND (BOY'S NAME) SITTING IN A TREE.
K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
FIRST COMES LOVE;
THEN COMES MARRIAGE;
THEN COMES JUNIOR IN A BABY CARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
LEGEND__BELLE ISLE
DOWN A CERTAIN STREET AT NIGHT, THERE IS A WITCH THAT HAD SPIKES IN
HER HANDS AND CLAWS AT YOUR CAR, TRYING TOO GET IN IF YOU
PARK TOO LONG
WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIEND
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION ; BALLROOM
Keyword(s): FUNCTIONAL FOLKTALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-22-1967
NUMBERS
WHEN MY GRANDFATHER WANTED THE HIGHEST CARD IN A
CUT, HE WOULD KNOCK ON THE DECK OF CARDS THREE
TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement C560.60 SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
ROLY POLY
THIS IS A MARBLES GAME PLAYED WITHOUT A RING. ONE
PERSON PUTS A MARBLE DOWN NEAR HIM AND THE OPPONENT
TRIES TO ROLL HIS MARBLE AND HIT IT. IF HE DOES, HE
KEEPS THE MARBLE. IF HE DOESN'T, HE FORFEITS IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HIS FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement C560.12 |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
MARBLE GAME
THIS MARBLE GAME IS PLAYED WITH A HOLE IN THE
GROUND. A HOLE IS DUG IN THE ALLEY AND A MARBLE
PUT IN IT. YOU THEN THROW YOUR MARBLE AT THE
HOLE. IF IT GOES IN, YOU COLLECT THE MARBLE IN
THE HOLE AND ALL OF THE MARBLES THAT WERE THROWN
BUT DID NOT GO IN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HIS NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement C560.12 |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
TWO MAN PICKLE
THIS IS A BALL GAME PLAYED WITH TWO CATCHERS AND ANY
NUMBER OF RUNNERS. THE TWO CATCHERS STAND BY
'BASES' AND THROW THE BALL TO EACH OTHER WHILE THE
RUNNERS, WHO ARE ON BASE, TRY TO RUN TO THE OTHER
BASE. THERE CAN BE MORE THAN ONE PERSON TO A BASE.
TO GET TO THE OTHER BASE, THE RUNNER WAITS UNTIL THE
MAN WHO IS CATCHING AT THE BASE HE WISHES TO RUN TO,
HAS JUST THROWN THE BALL. THE RUNNER TAKES OFF FOR
THE OTHER BASE AND TRIES TO TAG IT BEFORE THE OTHER
CATCHER GETS THE BALL AND THROWS IT BACK. IF HE DOES
THROW IT BACK AND THE CATCHER TAGS HIM WITH IT BEFORE
HE GETS TO BASE, HE IS OUT AND MUST TAKE THE CATCHER'S
PLACE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
STREET BASKETBALL
AFTER A BASKET IS MADE IN STREET BASKETBALL, THE
TEAM WHICH HAS JUST BEEN SCORED AGAINST GETS
THE BALL OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-05-1970
STREET BASKETBALL
THE WAY WE PLAY STREET BASKETBALL IS THAT AFTER A
BASKET IS SCORED, THE TEAM WHICH SCORED GETS TO
TAKE THE BALL OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
STREET BASEBALL
THIS IS BASEBALL PLAYED IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE THAT
IS DIFFERENT FROM LEAGUE RULES ONLY IN A FEW
INSTANCES. THE BASES ARE FORMED IN THE SPACE OF
TWO STREET SQUARES. IT IS INDICATED IN THE
DIAGRAM (ON BACK OF 5 X 8 CARD). THE BALL IS EITHER
A HARD BALL, A RUBBER BALL, OR A WHIFFLE BALL.
IF YOU HIT THE CURB, YOU ARE AWARDED A GROUND-RULE
DOUBLE. IF THE BALL ROLLS UNDER A CAR, YOU GET A
GROUND-RULE DOUBLE. THE PITCHERS MOUND WAS OUT
FOR FIRST BASE, AND IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
MEN TO RUN THE BASES, YOU WERE AWARDED "INVISIBLE MEN"
WHO ADVANCED THE SAME NUMBER OF BASES AS THE MAN
BEHIND THEM DID.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
SLAUGHTER PONG
THE GAME IS A COMBINATION OF SLAUGHTER-BALL, HAND-BALL
AND PING-PONG. IT AROSE WHEN SOME FELLOWS FOUND
THEMSELVES WITH A PING-PONG PADDLE AND BALL, A HAND-
BALL GLOVE AND NO GAME ROOM. USING A HALL WITH ALL
DOORS SHUT, THE TWO PLAYERS GOT ON OPPOSITE ENDS OF
THE HALL AND PROCEEDED TO TRY TO HAVE THE PING-PONG
BALL HIT THE BACK WALL ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE
HALL. THE BALL MAY REBOUND OFF THE FLOOR, WALLS
OR CEILING. THE PLAYER GAINS A POINT EACH TIME THE
PING-PONG BALL TOUCHES THE OPPOSITE REAR WALL. THE BALL
IS DEAD IF IT ROLLS ON THE FLOOR AND MUST THEN BE SERVED
BY THE PERSON WHOSE SIDE IT HAS ROLLED ON. THE SERVE
IS LIKE THAT OF A HANDBALL SERVE. THE GAME GOES UNTIL
A NUMBER OF POINTS (SPECIFIED BEFORE THE GAME--USUALLY
25 OR 50) HAS BEEN SCORED BY ONE OF THE PLAYERS. THE
PLAYER WHO BREAKS THE PING-PONG BALL (NORMALLY 4 TO 6
ARE LOST IN A GAME) LOSES A POINT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS ATTENDING A SEMINARY WHICH HAS HANDBALL
COURTS AND PING-PONG TABLE. HE SAYS SEVERAL OTHER
SECONDHAND GAMES HAVE ARISEN THROUGH LACK OF EQUIP-
MENT BUT CANNOT THINK OF ANY SPECIFICALLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
PIG OR COW
THIS IS A BASKETBALL GAME. THE PLAYERS CHOOSE A
SHOOTING ORDER TO START THE GAME. THE FIRST MAN TAKES
ANY KIND OF SHOT HE WANTS TO. IF HE MAKES IT, THE
SECOND MAN MUST DO THE EXACT SAME SHOT. IF HE MISSES,
THEN THE SECOND MAN CAN MAKE ANY SHOT HE WANTS. ONCE
A SHOT IS MADE, THE PLAYERS KEEP SHOOTING IN SEQUENCE
UNTIL SOMEONE MISSES. THE PERSON WHO MISSES IS THEN
GIVEN A LETTER OF AN ANIMAL. I.E., COW. IF THE PERSON
MISSES THREE SHOTS AND GETS THREE LETTERS, C-O-W, THEN
HE IS OUT OF THE GAME. YOU KEEP SHOOTING UNTIL ONLY
ONE PLAYER IS LEFT. HE IS THE WINNER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HIS FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-00-1967