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MURDER
THIS IS A GAME PLAYED IN A DARKENED BASEMENT. A SLIP OF PAPER WAS PUT IN A BO; FOR EACH PERSON IN THE
ROOM. ONE PIECE MARKED WITH AN X, HE WAS THE
MURDERER, ONE MARKED WITH AN O, HE WAS THE LAWYER.
THE PERSON WHO DREW THE O LEFT THE ROOM. THE PERSON
DRAWING THE X PRETENDED TO MURDER SOMEONE IN THE ROOM
AND THEY PRETENDED TO DIE. ALL OF THE PEOPLE IN THE
ROOM WOULD CALL "MURDER." THE LAWYER WOULD ENTER
THE ROOM AND ASK EACH PERSON 3 QUESTIONS, THEN GUESS
WHO HAD COMMITTED THE "MURDER."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BUTTON, BUTTON
FOR THIS GAME, THE CHILDREN GET IN A CIRCLE AND FOLD
THEIR HANDS, AS IF THEY ARE GOING TO PRAY. ONE
CHILD IS A LEADER AND HAS A BUTTON INSIDE HIS
FOLDED HANDS. HE GOES AROUND THE CIRCLE PUTTING HIS
HANDS INSIDE THE HANDS OF THE OTHER CHILDREN, SINGING
"BUTTON, BUTTON, WHO'S GOT THE BUTTON." WHILE
GOING AROUND THE CIRCLE, HE DROPS THE BUTTON INTO THE
HANDS OF ANOTHER CHILD. THE GROUP MUST THEN GUESS WHO
HAS THE BUTTON.
THE ONE WHO GUESSES RIGHT IS THE NEW LEADER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
BALL GAME
PLAYER SINGS THIS SONG WHILE THROWING THE BALL
AGAINST A HOUSE OR WALL:
PLAINSIES: PLAYER SIMPLY THROWS BALL AGAINST WALL
AND CATCHES IT.
CLAPSIES: PLAYER THROWS BALL AGAINST WALL, CLAPS
ONCE, CATCHES BALL.
TWIRL AROUND: THROW BALL, TWIRL ONE HAND OVER OTHER,
CATCH BALL.
TO-BACKSIES: THROW BALL, TOUCH SHOULDERS, CATCH BALL.
RIGHT HAND: THROW BALL AND CATCHES IT WITH RIGHT HAND.
LEFT HAND: THROWS BALL AND CATCHES IT WITH LEFT HAND.
HIGHS-A-TEENS: THROW BALL HIGH AGAINST WALL, CATCH
IT ON REBOUND.
LOWS-A-TEENS: THROW BALL LOW AGAINST WALL AND CATCH IT.
UNDER-THE-LEG: LIFT LEG AND THROW BALL UNDERNEATH.
AND TWIRL AROUND: THROW BALL BY SWINGING ARM AROUND
YOUR BACK--AGAINST THE WALL AND CATCH IT WITH BOTH
HANDS.
THIS PROCEDURE IS THEN REPEATED DOING EACH STEP
TWICE, THEN THREE TIMES, FOUR TIMES, ETC. IF
PLAYER MISSES A STEP OR DROPS THE BALL, HE MUST
START OVER. GAME MAY BE PLAYED ALONE OR AGAINST
OTHER PLAYERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 02-12-1970
RAIN ON THE ROOF
THIS GAME IS PLAYED WITH A BALL. EACH PERSON IS
GIVEN A NUMBER. THE FIRST PERSON THROWS THE BALL
UP TO THE ROOF OF A HOUSE AND CALLS OUT A NUMBER.
THE PERSON WITH THAT NUMBER MUST THEN HIT THE BALL
BACK UP ONTO THE ROOF AND CALL OUT ANOTHER PERSON'S
NUMBER. THIS KEEPS ON GOING UNTIL SOMEONE MISSES,
THEN THEY START ALL OVER AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-19-1970
BREAKING A BOTTLE OF WINE TO LAUNCH A SHIP WAS
GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 10-29-1968
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW,
SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE.
Submitter comment: GOOD LUCK FOR A BRIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A FOUR LEAF CLOVER IS A SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
THE LOSS OF A MOP OR BUCKET OVERBOARD WAS
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): MARITIME
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Water craft or boat propelled by human, wind, mechanical or other force BELIEF -- Bad luck Objects |
Date learned: 10-29-1968
IT IS A SUPERSTITION THAT IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THE
GROOM TO SEE THE BRIDE BEFORE THE CEREMONY ON
THEIR WEDDING DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Morning before wedding BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
NEVER GIVE AWAY A PENNY THAT YOU FIND OR ELSE
YOU'LL LOSE YOUR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Conversions Money |
Date learned: 09-29-1968
OMEN
IF YOU HAVE AN INFANT OF PRAGUE (STATUE) IN YOUR KITCHEN,
YOU'LL NEVER RUN OUT OF BREAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms |
Date learned: 03-13-1970
DESTINY LEGEND
ANY SAILOR, LOST AT SEA, FOUND HIS FINAL RESTING
PLACE IN THE SEA CHEST AT THE OCEAN'S BOTTOM,
CALLED DAVY JONES' LOCKER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-29-1968
IF YOU HEAR ABOUT ONE DEATH, YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT
TWO MORE. ALL THREE DEATHS WILL BE OF PEOPLE
ABOUT THE SAME AGE AND USUALLY OF THE SAME SEX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A SUDDEN RISING OF FOG MEANS THAT IT WILL RAIN WITHIN
TWO DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 10-10-1970
IF YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF CARS IN A FUNERAL
PROCESSION, YOU'LL BE THE NEXT TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- War BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
DURING A SEVERE THUNDER STORM IT IS A CUSTOM OF
PEOPLE IN POLAND TO LIGHT A CANDLE, WHICH WAS
BLESSED ON ST. BLAISE'S DAY, AND SAY THE WORDS:
"HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, THE LORD WILL SHIELD US."
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBER MY MOTHER DOING THIS, MANY YEARS
AGO WHEN I WAS STILL VERY YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-21-1970
STEPPING OVER A CHILD LYING ON THE FLOOR WILL STUNT
HIS GROWTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-14-1970
IN POLAND, WHEN A PIG IS SLAUGHTERED, THE GALLBLADDER
IS CUT OUT AND LARD IS STUFFED INSIDE WITH THE BILE,
THE GALLBLADDER STUFFED WITH LARD IS LEFT TO
FERMENT FOR SEVERAL DAYS, AFTER WHICH A SALVE IS
FORMED, WHICH IS GOOD FOR HEALING VARIOUS SKIN
DISORDERS, LIKE, INFECTIONS, CUTS, RASHES, ETC.
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE PRODUCTION OF THE SALVE
WAS ONE OF THE THINGS DONE WITH VARIOUS ORGANS
OF THE PIG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; POLAND ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-21-1970
A RAW ONION PLACED ON A WART WILL REMOVE IT WITHIN
A MONTH.
Submitter comment:
A REMEDY, RECALLED BY MY MOTHER, WHICH I REMEMBER
HAVING WORKED ON ME SEVERAL YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-11-1970
RAW BACON PLACED ON AN INFECTED WOUND WILL RELIEVE
THE INFECTION WITHIN A DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-03-1970