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JUMP ROPE--UNDER THE MOON

A. UNDER THE MOON--THE PERSON RUNS UNDER THE ROPE WHILE
IT IS BEING TURNED.
B. #1--THE PERSON JUMPS ONCE AT SLOW SPEED.
C. #2--THE PERSON JUMPS TWICE AT A NORMAL SPEED.
D. #3--THE PERSON JUMPS THREE TIMES ON HER RIGHT FOOT.
E. #4--THE PERSON JUMPS FOUR TIMES ON HER LEFT FOOT.
F. #5--THE PERSON JUMPS FIVE TIMES WITH HER EYES CLOSED.
G. #6--THE PERSON JUMPS SIX TIMES WHILE TURNING
AROUND CLOCKWISE.
H. #7--THE PERSON JUMPS SEVEN TIMES WHILE TURNING AROUND
COUNTERCLOCKWISE.
I. #8--THE PERSON JUMPS EIGHT TIMES ALTERNATING FEET
(RIGHT, LEFT, ....).
J. #9--THE PERSON JUMPS NINE TIMES WHILE CLAPPING ON EACH
JUMP.
K. #10--THE PERSON JUMPS TEN TIMES AT A FAST SPEED.
THE PERSON MUST REPEAT THE SERIES BACKWARDS. IF SHE
MISSES AT ANY TIME SHE MUST TAKE AN END AND WAIT HER
TURN. WHEN SHE RESUMES PLAY SHE MUST START FROM THE
BEGINNING.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement

Date learned: 03-01-1971

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CHRISTMAS GAME

THE GAME IS CALLED "I'M THINKING OF A BULB."
IN ORDER TO PLAY, ONE PERSON HAS TO BE CHOSEN TO GO
FIRST. THIS LEADER THEN SAYS, "I'M THINKING OF A
BULB" AND DESCRIBES A CERTAIN BULB FOUND ON THE
CHRISTMAS TREE. IN TURN ALL THE OTHER PLAYERS
START TO GUESS WHICH BULB IT IS. THE PERSON WHO
GUESSES THE BULB THEN BECOMES THE LEADER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree

Date learned: 01-24-1971

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BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH,/
HOW MANY BUBBLE GUMS DO YOU WISH? 1, 2,

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 1318 EDMUNDTON DR

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: 03-00-1971

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BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH? 1,2,3,

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: 09-00-1969

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DUMB, DUMB, DO-DO/CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.
I CAN RUN FASTER THAN---CAN.
( THIS IS A CHASE GAME FOR JUMP ROPE. THE PERSON WHO SAYS THE RHYME
WILL JUMP SO MANY TIMES AND JUMP OUT. THE SECOND PERSON WILL JUMP IN
AND JUMP THE SAME NUMBER OF TIMES. CONTINUES UNTIL THE FIRST PERSON
IS CAUGHT OR SOMEONE MISSES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 1318 EDMUNDTON DR

Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: 03-01-1971

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ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE,/ GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE. / IF THE TRAIN
JUMPS THE TRACK / DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: 09-00-1969

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JUMP ROPE VERSE

SPINACH, SPINACH IN MY DISH
SPINACH, SPINACH STINKS LIKE FISH
IF I DON'T EAT ALL MY SPINACH RIGHT
MOMMY WILL SEND ME TO BED EARLY TONIGHT

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: 11-00-1969

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RHYME

SEE SAW MARGERIE DAW,
JACK SHALL HAVE A NEW MASTER,
A PENNY A DAY IS ALL HE CAN PAY,
CAUSE JACK CAN'T WORK ANY FASTER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: 09-00-1969

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VERSE

SKIP, SKIP, HOP, HOP
MOMMY, MOMMY GAVE ME A POP
IF I SPILL THE POP
MOMMY, MOMMY WILL GIVE ME A SOCK
SKIP, SKIP, HOP, HOP
MOMMY MOMMY WILL GIVE ME A SOCK. SKIP, SKIP, HOP, HOP.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: 11-00-1969

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RHYME

POLLY, PUT THE KETTLE ON
WE'LL ALL HAVE TEA
IN COMES (NAME)
OUT GOES (NAME)

Submitter comment: (JUMP ROPE RHYME)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: 09-00-1969

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Jump-Rope Rhyme

DOWN IN THE VALLEY, WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT   (NAME)   AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
ALONG CAME   (NAME)   AND KISSED HER ON THE LIPS.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECIEVE?

THE PERSON JUMPS UNTIL SHE MISSES.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; 1318 EDMUNDTON DR ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: 03-01-1971

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IT IS BAD LUCK TO OPEN AN UMBRELLA INSIDE A HOUSE
OR BUILDING. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS WAIT TILL YOU GET
OUTISDE THE DOOR.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella

Date learned: 01-30-1971

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IF, WHEN SHUFFLING A DECK OF CARDS AND THE ACE OF
SPADES POPS OUT, IT MEANS BAD LUCK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime
BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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J.M.J.

A GIRLFRIEND OF MINE ALWAYS USED TO PUT J.M.J. ON THE
TOP OF HER TESTS AND PAPERS IN HIGH SCHOOL. THIS
STOOD FOR JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH AND WAS BELIEVED TO
GIVE THIS GIRL GOOD LUCK, OR SO SHE THOUGHT!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Word Letter
BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2

Date learned: 10-08-1971

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DURING A THUNDERSTORM, TO AVOID BEING HIT BY LIGHTNING,
IT IS ADVISABLE TO BURN ONE OF THE BLESSED PALMS
WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTED ON PALM SUNDAY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

James Callow Keyword(s): FIRE SMOKE FUMIGATION

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control
BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder

Date learned: 10-25-1969

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IF A DEAD PERSON IS LAID OUT OVER A SUNDAY, THEN
ANOTHER DEATH WILL OCCUR SOON IN THE FAMILY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 10-25-1969

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A LOAF OF BREAD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN MEANS A DEATH OF A
LOVED ONE WILL OCCUR IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 03-17-1971

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IF IT RAINS ON THE DAY OF A FUNERAL, THE PERSON BURIED
WAS A GOOD PERSON.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 03-17-1971

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WHENEVER YOU GO TO A CEMETERY, DO NOT STEP ON A GRAVE,
IF YOU DO YOU WILL GIVE THAT PERSON AN UGLY ETERNITY.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT CAN REMEMBER HER MOTHER TELLING HER THIS
WHENEVER THEY WENT TO A CEMETERY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 03-03-1971

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A HALO AROUND THE MOON AT NIGHT MEANS THAT IT WILL RAIN
THE NEXT DAY.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT REMEMBERS HEARING THIS BELIEF SINCE HE
WAS A CHILD ALTHOUGH HE DOES NOT PLACE MUCH FAITH
IN IT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Moon
BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew

Date learned: 03-02-1971

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