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LIGHTNING BUGS
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, IN NEW YORK , WE'D HAVE REALLY GREAT
FUN IN THE SUMMER NIGHTS. YOU SEE ALL THESE LIGHTNING
BUGS WOULD COME OUT ALL OVER, AND WE'D SPEND HOURS
CATCHING THEM IN JARS. IF YOU HAPPENED TO SQUISH ONE
ACROSS 12 INCHES, YOU'D HAVE GLOW FOR 12 INCHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): PHOSPHORESCENCE ; SQUASH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH CUSTOM
WHEN MY MOTHER WAS A YOUNG GIRL, THERE WAS A SMALL
HOLY WATER FONT AT HER FRONT DOOR. UPON LEAVING THE
HOUSE, ALL MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WERE EXPECTED TO
"BLESS THEMSELVES." AFTER THIS WAS ACCOMPLISHED,
MY GRANDMOTHER OR SOMEONE NEARBY WOULD SAY-IN
POLISH-"GO WITH GOD." WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL WOULD
RETURN HOME FROM CHURCH, MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD SAY
-IN POLISH-"BLESSED BE JESUS CHRIST FOREVER AND
FOREVER."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Home SPEECH -- Gesture |
POLISH WEDDING CUSTOM
MY FATHER, SECOND GENERATION IRISH, WAS QUITE
SURPRISED WHEN HE AND MY MOTHER RETURNED TO MY
POLISH GRANDMOTHER'S HOME AFTER MY PARENT'S
WEDDING CEREMONY AT CHURCH. A BAND WAS PLAYING IN
FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND MY GRANDMOTHER WAS WAITING JUST
INSIDE THE DOOR. IN ONE HAND SHE HELD A CRUCIFIX, IN
THE OTHER A LOAF OF BREAD. AS THE COUPLE ENTERED
THE VESTIBULE, MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED THEM TO CHOOSE
EITHER THE CRUCIFIX OR THE BREAD. MY FATHER, OF COURSE,
DIDN'T UNDERSTAND POLISH BUT HE GOT THE IDEA ANYWAY.
HE AND MY MOTHER CHOSE THE CRUCIFIX. MY MOTHER SAID
THE CUSTOM WAS MERELY SYMBOLIC AND NOBODY EVER CHOSE
THE BREAD. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THIS CUSTOM BEING
PERFORMED AMONG MY POLISH COUSINS OF MY GENERATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 02-20-1967
PROMENADE
I REMEMBER WHEN WE VISITED A SMALL TOWN ON THE SPANISH
RIVIERA, FOUR YEARS AGO, CALLED FIGUERAS, SPAIN. THEY HAD
A CURIOUS CUSTOM. CERTAINLY DATING THERE (SPAIN)
HAS ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN TO BE STRICT, IN FIGUERAS THEY
HANDLED THE MATTER IN THIS WAY: ALL THE PARENTS AND
GIRLS WOULD SIT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TOWN SQUARE AND
ALL THE GENTLEMEN WOULD CIRCLE AROUND THIS "PLAZA."
I SUPPOSE WHEN THE YOUNG MAN WOULD GAIN ENOUGH COURAGE
HE APPROACHED THE GIRL AND HER CHAPERONE AND REQUESTED
"AUDIENCE" WITH THEM (HER ESPECIALLY). IF GRANTED
PERMISSION, HE WOULD THEN BE ALLOWED TO WALK, PROMENADE
AROUND THIS SQUARE WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND IN FULL VIEW OF
THE ELDERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
WHY DID THE CHICKEN CROSS THE ROAD? ANSWER: TO GET AWAY
FROM COLONEL SANDERS.
Data entry tech comment: COLONEL SANDERS IS THE FOUNDER OF KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN, ; A
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
NIP
THE GAME WAS CALLED NIP. A THREE-INCH PIECE OF WOOD WAS CUT OFF THE
END OF A BROOMSTICK AND WAS WHITTLED DOWN TO A POINT ON EACH END.
THE PIECE WAS PLACED ON THE SIDEWALK NEXT TO A CIRCLE EITHER DRAWN
ON THE CEMENT OR DUG IN THE GROUND. THE "HITTER" WOULD STRIKE ONE
END OF THE STICK, CAUSING IT TO POP INTO THE AIR, AND WOULD THEN HIT
IT DOWN THE STREET WITH THE REST OF THE BROOM. THE "FIELDER" THEN
HAD TWO WAYS TO GET THE "HITTER" OUT: EITHER CATCH THE PIECE IN THE
AIR, OR, AFTER RETRIEVING IT, THROWING IT WITHIN A BROOM'S LENGTH
OF THE CIRCLE. THE "HITTER" WOULD GET A POINT FOR EACH ADDITIONAL
BROOMLENGTH, OVER ONE, THAT THE THROWN PIECE ENDED UP FROM THE
CIRCLE. PLAYERS WOULD CHANGE SIDES AFTER EACH "OUT."
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT PROVIDED THE BASEBALL TERMS TO DESCRIBE THE GAME
BECAUSE HE COULDN'T RECALL THE ORIGINAL PHRASES. THE INFORMANT
PLAYED THIS GAME IN PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN 1918 AND 1926. IT WAS
PLAYED FOR HOURS ON END AND USUALLY STOPPED ONLY WHEN ONE PLAYER WAS
EITHER EXTREMELY FAR BEHIND OR CALLED IN FOR SUPPER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
STEELIES
THE GAME WAS CALLED STEELIES AND PLAYED BETWEEN TWO PLAYERS, EACH
WITH A BALL BEARING. ONE PLAYER WOULD THROW HIS BALL BEARING OUT
ABOUT 20 FEET AND THE OTHER PLAYER WOULD THEN TRY TO HIT IT WITH
HIS BALL BEARING. IF THE SECOND PLAYER HIT IT, HE WOULD COLLECT A
NICKEL FROM THE FIRST PLAYER; IF HE MISSED, THE FIRST PLAYER WOULD
THEN TOSS HIS BALL BEARING (FROM WHERE IT HAD ORIGINALLY LANDED)
AT THE SECOND PLAYER'S BALL BEARING (WHERE IT HAD LANDED).
THE GAME WOULD CONTINUE WITH EACH PLAYER ALTERNATING TURNS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT, JOHN KOWATCH, PLAYED THIS GAME ON A BIG, CINDER
PLAYGROUND FROM 1920-1930 IN PENNSYLVANIA. THIS WAS A BETTING GAME
AND THE BALL BEARINGS WERE THROWN FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM EACH OTHER
SO THAT THEY WOULD BE HARD TO HIT. THE REASON BEHIND THIS IS THAT
NOBODY AT THAT TIME HAD MUCH MONEY TO LOSE. THE GAME ENDED WHEN ONE
PLAYER RAN OUT OF NICKELS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 03-22-1982
DUCK ON A ROCK
THE GAME WAS CALLED "DUCK ON A ROCK" AND INVOLVED MANY PLAYERS.
ONE KID WAS "IT" AND THE REST WOULD GO AND HIDE ANYWHERE ON THE
STREET. A TIN CAN (THE "DUCK") WAS PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
STREET. AS THE PLAYER WHO WAS "IT" SEARCHED FOR THE HIDERS, ONE OF
THE KIDS WOULD RUN TO THE CAN. IF HE/SHE BEAT "IT" TO THE CAN,
HE/SHE WOULD PICK IT UP AND THROW IT DOWN THE STREET. "IT" WOULD
THEN HAVE TO GO GET THE CAN WHILE EVERYONE CHANGED HIDING PLACES.
IF "IT" WON THE RACE TO THE CAN, THE OTHER KID WOULD BECOME "IT."
THE PERSON WHO WAS "IT" COULD ALSO CHANGE PLACES WITH A HIDER IF
HE DISCOVERED THE HIDER BEFORE ANYONE THREW THE DUCK.
Submitter comment:
THIS GAME WAS PLAYED IN PENNSYLVANIA BY THE INFORMANT, JOHN KOWATCH,
BETWEEN 1920-1925. OFTEN, ONE OF THE KIDS WHO GOT TO THE CAN BEFORE
"IT" WOULD THROW THE CAN IN THE DIRECTION OF ANOTHER KID'S HIDING
PLACE, HOPING TO GIVE THE LATTER AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 03-22-1982
POLISH WEDDING CUSTOM
ONE OF THE CUSTOMS AT WEDDINGS WAS TO TRY TO SMASH A DISH BY THROWING
SILVER DOLLARS AT IT. THE BRIDE AND GROOM WOULD SIT AT A TABLE WITH
PLATES SPREAD OUT IN FRONT OF THEM. THE MEN AT THE WEDDING WOULD
COME BY, ONE AT A TIME, AND THROW A SILVER DOLLAR AT THE PLATE. IF
IT BROKE, THE "THROWER" WOULD GET TO DANCE WITH THE BRIDE. IF IT
DIDN'T, THE NEXT GUY WOULD TAKE A TURN.
Submitter comment:
THIS CUSTOM WAS BROUGHT OVER FROM POLAND AND WAS EXTREMELY POPULAR
IN THE YEARS FROM 1900 TO 1930. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO RAISE MONEY
FOR THE NEWLYWEDS. IT DIED OUT IN THE LATE 1930'S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-22-1982
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HOW MANY POLLOCKS DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A LIGHT
BULB? THREE, ONE TO HOLD THE LIGHT BULB AND TWO TO TURN
THE LADDER!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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HOW MANY POLLOCKS DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE POPCORN? FIVE,
ONE TO HOLD THE POPCORN AND FOUR TO SHAKE THE STOVE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE NEW POLISH PARACHUTE? IT OPENS
ON IMPACT!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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THERE WAS A LEPER IN MCDONALD'S EATING, WHEN THIS
MAN COMES UP AND STARTS EATING IN THE BOOTH NEXT TO HIM.
AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE MAN THROWS UP. THE LEPER
SAYS, "I AM SORRY IF MY APPEARANCE DISTURBS YOU, BUT I
WAS BORN THIS WAY." THE OTHER GUY SAYS, "THAT'S OKAY."
AFTER A COUPLE OF MINUTES THE GUY THROWS UP AGAIN.
THE LEPER SAYS, "I AM SORRY. I WILL MOVE TO A DIFFERENT TABLE."
THE OTHER GUY SAYS, "NO, IT'S NOT YOU, IT'S THE GUY BEHIND
YOU DIPPING HIS CHICKEN MCNUGGETS IN YOUR NECK!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): SICK JOKE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE NEW GERMAN MICROWAVE? THE
OVEN SEATS TWELVE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOLOCAUST
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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HOW MANY JEWS CAN FIT INTO A V-W? 100, TWO IN THE BACK
SEAT, TWO IN THE FRONT SEAT, AND 96 IN THE ASH TRAY!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOLOCAUST
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHAT HAS 50,OOO LEGS,BUT CAN'T WALK? JERRY'S
KIDS!
Submitter comment:
THIS JOKE REFERS TO JERRY LEWIS AND HIS ANNUAL TELETHONE. HE
REFERS TO THE CHILDREN WITH MUSCULAR DESTROPHY AS HIS KIDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
MY BROTHER AND I USED TO HAVE A TOY BOWLING SET
BACK IN THE LATE 60s. SINCE WE WERE ONLY TODDLERS
WE WERE BOTH AFRAID OF THE NOISE MADE WHEN THE BALLS
STRUCK THE PINS. WE QUICKLY OUTGREW OUR CHILDISH
FEARS OF BOWLING, BUT WE WERE BOTH SCARED OF THUNDER.
MY FATHER THEN SAID NOT TO WORRY BECAUSE IT WAS
REALLY GOD BOWLING AGAINST THE DEVIL AND WHENEVER
GOD ROLLED A STRIKE THERE WAS THUNDER. I ALWAYS
THOUGHT ABOUT THAT AND SLEPT BETTER.
Submitter comment:
THIS INFORMANT KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.
MY PARENTS TOLD ME THIS WHEN I LIVED IN ROSEVILLE.
THEY MADE IT UP IN ROSEVILLE, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
A MAN WAS WALKING DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD ONE NIGHT WHEN HE SAW
A HOTEL IN THE DISTANCE. FEELING TIRED, HE DECIDED TO STOP FOR
THE NIGHT.
"CAN I HELP YOU?" ASKED THE INNKEEPER AS THE MAN WALKED
INTO THE LOBBY.
"I COULD USE A ROOM," THE MAN REPLIED.
"I GOT ONE ROOM LEFT," ANSWERED THE INNKEEPER. "MY
DAUGHTER'S SLEEPING IN THERE, BUT I'LL LET YOU HAVE IT ANYWAY,
SO DON'T YOU GET NO IDEAS."
THE MAN AGREED, AND PICKED UP THE KEY. WHILE UNDRESSING
FOR BED, HE NOTICED THAT THE INNKEEPER'S DAUGHTER WAS QUITE
BEAUTIFUL, SO HE FIGURED THAT A GOOD-NIGHT KISS COULDN'T
HURT.
HE AWOKE THE NEXT MORNING, AND AS HE CHECKED OUT, HE ASKED THE
INNKEEPER WHY HIS MOUTH HAD BECOME FULL OF RICE WHEN HE KISSED
HIS DAUGHTER.
"YOU PEOPLE NEVER LISTEN," SIGHED THE INNKEEPER. "THAT
WASN'T RICE. IT WAS MAGGOTS. MY DAUGHTER'S BEEN DEAD FOR
SEVEN YEARS."
Submitter comment:
I REPEATED THE STORY TO TWO FRIENDS. BOTH HAD ALREADY
HEARD A SIMILAR VERSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Insect PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 05-00-1980 ; 07-00-1980
Japanese custom
Mochi known as sticky rice, is eaten to celebrate the new
year.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 00-00-1925
LITTLE DUCKY DUDDLE
MY MOTHER LEARNED THIS SONG WHEN SHE WAS IN KINDERGARTEN.
SHE TAUGHT IT TO ME WHEN I WAS ABOUT THE SAME AGE.
"LITTLE DUCKY DUDDLE"
LITTLE DUCKY DUDDLE
WENT WADING IN A PUDDLE
WENT WADING IN A PUDDLE, QUITE SMALL.
HE SAID,"IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER,
HOW MUCH I SPLASH AND SPLATTER,
I'M ONLY A DUCKY AFTER ALL!"
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS ORIGINALLY LEARNED AT PEASLEE SCHOOL,
CINCINNATI, OHIO. WE OFTEN SANG THIS SONG WHILE WALKING
IN THE RAIN. IT WAS ACCENTED WITH "QUACKING" SOUND
EFFECTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
Keyword(s): DUCK, RAIN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad, Song, Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |