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HIDE AND SEEK
THE PLAYERS WOULD CHOOSE AN "IT" WHO WAS USUALLY THE
SCAPEGOAT OF THE GROUP. HE WOULD BLIND HIS EYES AND
COUNT WHILE THE OTHERS HID. AFTER COUNTING, HE BEGAN
TO LOOK FOR HIS FRIENDS. WHEN HE FOUND ONE, HE
SHOUTED: "1-2-3...I SEE (NAME)." THEN HE RAN BACK
TO TOUCH TO GOAL BEFORE THE PERSON HE DISCOVERED
COULD. THEN THAT PERSON WAS IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HIS FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
HIDE AND SEEK
TO PLAY THIS GAME, THE PLAYERS WOULD CHOOSE AN "IT."
HE WOULD COVER HIS EYES AND COUNT WHILE THE OTHERS
HID. AFTER COUNTING TO THE NUMBER, HE SEEKS OUT THE
OTHER KIDS. WHEN HE FOUND SOMEONE, HE WOULD YELL
"ONE, TWO, THREE ON (WHOEVER THE PERSON WAS)."
THIS PERSON WAS THEN THE NEW IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
RED ROVER
THIS GAME IS PLAYED BY CHOOSING UP SIDES. THEN THE
TEAMS FACE EACH OTHER ABOUT TWENTY FEET APART AND LOCK
(HOLD) HANDS WITH THE TEAMMATE NEXT TO YOU. YOU
THEN HAVE TWO PARALLEL LINES OF PLAYERS. THE CAPTAIN
OF ONE TEAM YELLS OUT: "RED ROVER, RED ROVER, SEND
(NAME) RIGHT OVER." THEN THAT PERSON LETS GO OF HIS
TEAMMATES AND TRIES TO RUN THROUGH THE HANDGRIP OF
ANY TWO MEMBERS OF THE OPPOSING TEAM. IF HE RUNS
THROUGH AND BREAKS THE GRIP, HE GETS TO BRING BACK A
PLAYER TO HIS TEAM. IF HE CANNOT BREAK THE GRIP, HE
STAYS ON THAT TEAM. THE LOSER IS THE MAN WHO IS ALONE
ON HIS TEAM.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HIS FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
PEDIDDLE
IF THERE IS A "ONE-EYED" CAR AT NIGHT, THE GUY CAN KISS
THE GIRL IF HE SAYS "PEDIDDLE" FIRST. IF SHE SAYS
IT FIRST, SHE SLAPS HIS FACE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT MENTIONED THAT THIS WAS PLAYED IN
CLEVELAND WHEN HE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL. ALSO, HE SAID
THAT FRIENDS IN CHICAGO ALSO HAD HEARD OF IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-27-1970
INDIAN GAME
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS GAME CAN BE PLAYED WITH ONLY
TWO PARTICIPANTS. THEY GRAB ONTO EACH OTHER'S
ELBOWS AT THE CROOK WITH THE OBJECTIVE BEING TO
TRY TO STEP ON EACH OTHER'S FEET. THE FIRST
PARTICIPANT TO GET HIS FOOT STEPPED UPON LOSES THE
GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity |
Date learned: 12-02-1971
GAME: COMMIES VS. AMERICANS. STREET WAS THE BERING
STRAIGHT.
GAME: CALDWELLS (BAD GUYS) VS. (BLANK)
BIKES WERE HORSES. ALWAYS TWO GIRLS AT LEAST IN THE
CALDWELL CLAN; PRISCILLA AND PENELOPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-03-1971
RABBIT
EACH PERSON STANDS NEXT TO ANOTHER SO THAT A SINGLE
FILE LINE IS FORMED WITH THE PEOPLE STANDING SIDE
TO SIDE. THE FIRST PERSON IN LINE KNOWS HOW TO PLAY
THE GAME AND IS TEACHING THE REST OF THEM HOW TO PLAY.
FIRST EVERYONE IS TO KNEEL ON THEIR RIGHT KNEE, THE WHOLE
LINE DOES THIS. THEN EVERYONE IS TO PUT THE RIGHT
FINGER OF THEIR RIGHT HAND STRETCHED OUT IN FRONT OF
THEM ON THE FLOOR. THE PERSON WHO IS TEACHING THEM
THEN GIVES ONE QUICK SHOVE TO THE PERSON NEXT TO HER
WITH HER HIPS AND THE WHOLE LINE ENDS UP FALLING
ON THE FLOOR. IT'S RATHER IMPOSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN
A SENSE OF BALANCE IN THE POSITION ONE IS IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THERE IS A TRICK GAME CALLED THE "TYPEWRITER GAME."
THE LISTENER FOLDS HIS ARMS AND THE GAME TELLER
PRETENDS TO TYPE ON THEM. BUT, OF COURSE, WHEN HE
GETS TO THE END OF THE LINE, HE MUST PUSH THE
CARRIAGE BACK, SO HE SLAPS THE FACE OF THE LISTENER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
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
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
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
ROPE JUMP RIME
MABLE, MABLE, SET THE TABLE
DON'T FORGET THE RED HOT PEPPER!
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
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
ROPE JUMPING RIME
MARGIE DRANK SOME MARMALADE
MARGIE DRANK SOME BEER
MARGIE DRANK SOME OTHER STUFF THAT MADE HER FEEL SO QUEER.
OOPSIE WENT THE MARMALADE, OOPSIE WENT THE BEER,
OOPSIE WENT THE OTHER STUFF THAT MADE HER FEEL SO QUEER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYMATES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
ROPE JUMPING RIME
LAST NIGHT, THE NIGHT BEFORE
TWENTY-FOUR ROBBERS CAME TO MY DOOR.
THEY STOLE MY WATCH
THEY STOLE MY RING
AND THEN THEY ALL BEGAN TO SING.
LADY O LADY, TURN AROUND
LADY O LADY, TOUCH THE GROUND
LADY O LADY SHOW YOUR SHOE
LADY O LADY SHISHKAPOO.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYMATES IN HAMMOND, INDIANA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-30-1967
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