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ROOK IS PLAYED VERY SIMILAR TO PINOCHLE. IT HAS
FOUR COLORS, RED, GREEN, YELLOW AND BLACK. YOU BID
JUST LIKE IN PINOCHLE. THERE WAS ONE THING THAT
WAS LIKE A JOKER. IT HAD A BIG BIRD ON IT AND WE
CALLED IT ROOK. IT COUNTED A LOT MORE POINTS AND
WAS A GREAT THING IF YOU DREW IT. INSTEAD OF BIDDING
WITH A SUIT, YOU BID WITH A COLOR. THE BID WAS
AUCTIONED, WHICH IT CAN BE OR NOT. YOU HAVE TO CALL
A COLOR TRUMPH. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT COLOR TO
TRUMPH, YOU CAN THROW DOWN ANY OTHER COLOR OR YOU
CAN TRUMPH IF YOU WANT TO. IT HAD THE SAME NUMBER
OF CARDS AS PINOCHLE AND WAS A COUNTRY GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
CURB BALL
THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO SCORE RUNS. THE BALL
(RUBBER) IS THROWN AGAINST A ROUNDED STREET CURB
AND MUST MAKE IT IN THE AIR PAST THE MIDDLE OF THE
STREET FOR A SINGLE OR OFF THE FIELDER'S GLOVE
FOR A DOUBLE OR HIT THE OPPOSITE CURB FOR A TRIPLE,
OR CROSS THE STREET COMPLETELY FOR A HOMERUN.
EACH TIME THE FIELDER CATCHES IT HE MAKES AN OUT.
THREE OUTS AND HE'S UP TO BAT. HE MUST CATCH THE BALL
BEFORE IT BOUNCES AT ALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
GAME OF "500."
THIS IS A STREET GAME INVOLVING THE USE OF A BAT AND
BALL. A PERSON STARTS OFF THE GAME, STARTING BY
THROWING THE BALL UP AND HITTING IT WITH A BAT.
EVERYONE ELSE PARTICIPATING GOES DOWN THE STREET
AND TRIES TO CATCH THE BALL. EACH TYPE OF CATCH
IS WORTH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF POINTS. E.G. A GROUNDER
MAY BE WORTH 50, A LINE DRIVE WORTH 75 AND A FLY WORTH
100 POINTS. THE FIRST ONE GETTING TO 500 IS THE NEXT
BATTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
A GAME USING A BASKETBALL AND BASKETBALL NET. EACH
PLAYER PLAYING INDIVIDUALLY WOULD ATTEMPT TO MAKE ANY
KIND OF SHOT FROM ANYWHERE. IF HE MISSED, THE NEXT
PLAYER GOT HIS CHOICE. IF HE MADE IT, THE NEXT
PLAYER (ORDER ASSIGNED PREVIOUSLY) WOULD ATTEMPT TO MAKE
THE SAME SHOT. IF HE ALSO MADE IT, THEN THE NEXT PLAYER
MUST ALSO. THE FIRST PLAYER TO MISS (ORIGINAL STARTER
EXCLUDED AND THOSE AFTER HIM) WOULD BE DESIGNATED WITH
A "P." THE NEXT PLAYER HAS HIS CHOICE OF SHOTS AND
THE GAME CONTINUES. IF THE PLAYER WITH "P" MISSES
ANOTHER SHOT MADE BY THE SAME/DIFFERENT PLAYER, HE
GETS AN "I." THE FIRST PERSON TO GET "P-I-G" IS OUT
OF THE GAME. THE LAST PERSON LEFT IS THE WINNER.
Submitter comment: MANY VARIATIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
PICKLE
THIS IS A GAME PLAYED WITH A BALL AND USUALLY BASEBALL
GLOVES. TWO GOALS OR SAFETY SPOTS ARE DESIGNATED A
CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER. RUNNERS ARE CHOSEN AND
CATCHERS ARE CHOSEN. THE RUNNERS MUST RUN FROM GOAL TO
GOAL WITHOUT GETTING TAGGED BY A CATCHER WITH THE BALL.
THE CATCHER MUST HAVE THE BALL WHEN HE TAGS A RUNNER
"OUT." WHEN THE RUNNER HAS THREE OUTS HE EITHER
BECOMES THE CATCHER OR A NEW RUNNER COMES IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
MONKEY IN THE MIDDLE
TWO PERSONS OR GROUPS STAND WITH ONE PERSON IN THE
MIDDLE. BOTH SIDES TRY TO KEEP A BALL AWAY FROM
THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE. IF AND WHEN THE PERSON
(MONKEY) IN THE MIDDLE GETS THE BALL, THEN THE LAST
PERSON TO HAVE THROWN THE BALL BECOMES THE "MONKEY"
IN THE MIDDLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
HOUSE BALL
THIS GAME IS PLAYED ON A WALL OF A HOUSE WITH A RUBBER
BALL. IT IS ON THE SAME PRINCIPLE AS CURB BALL, BUT
INSTEAD OF THROWING DOWN AT THE CURB, THE BALL IS
THROWN IN AN UPWARD DIRECTION AGAINST THE WALL.
CERTAIN BOUNDS ARE MADE AND RULES FOR SCORING. THE
FIELDER MUST CATCH THE BALL IN THE AIR BEFORE IT
BOUNCES FOR AN OUT. OVER THE GARAGES IS A FOUL
BALL AND INTO THE GARAGE IS A HOME RUN. (REGULATIONS
ARE AVAILABLE ON LOCATION OF WALL.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
KILL
EACH PERSON IS DEALT A CARD. ONE PERSON HAS THE ACE
OF SPADES AND IS THE KILLER, BUT IS UNKNOWN TO
EVERYONE ELSE. HE MUST TRY TO WINK AT SOMEONE
WITHOUT BEING CAUGHT AND ACCUSED BY ANOTHER. WHEN
A PERSON REALIZES HE HAS BEEN WINKED AT BY THE KILLER,
HE IS OUT OF THE GAME.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS AN AMUSING PARTY GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Mental Activity |
FROZEN TAG
THIS IS A GAME OF TAG. FROM A GROUP, ONE PERSON IS
CHOSEN TO BE "IT." HE RUNS AROUND AND TRIES TO TAG
EVERYONE. WHOEVER HE TAGS MUST REMAIN MOTIONLESS
WHERE HE TAGGED THEM. ANYONE NOT TAGGED CAN TAG THE
"FROZEN" INDIVIDUAL AND FREE HIM SO THAT HE MUST BE
RETAGGED. AFTER THE "IT" TAGS EVERYONE, THE FIRST
ONE TO BE TAGGED WITHOUT BEING FREED BECOMES "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
RED ROVER
RED ROVER WAS/IS A GAME PLAYED BY CHILDREN. TEAMS WERE
CHOSEN EVENLY AND EACH TEAM WOULD MIGRATE AT LEAST 40
FEET AWAY FROM THE OTHER. EACH MEMBER ON EACH TEAM WOULD
HOLD HANDS WITH THE TWO MEMBERS ON EITHER SIDE OF THEM.
ONE TEAM AT A TIME WOULD SHOUT: "RED ROVER, RED ROVER,
SEND (NAME) RIGHT OVER." THE ONE CALLED WOULD THEN
PROCEED TO RUN TOWARDS THE OTHER TEAM WHO CALLED, AND
BREAK THROUGH THE HAND BRIDGE OF THAT TEAM BY CRASHING
THROUGH. IF HE DIDN'T BREAK THE CLASPED HANDED BRIDGE,
HE WAS INCORPORATED INTO THAT TEAM. AND THAT TEAM
CONTINUED TO CALL PERSONS FROM THE OTHER TEAM. IF
THE PERSON CALLED, DID SUCCEED IN BREAKING THROUGH,
HE WOULD CHOOSE ONE OF THE TWO MEMBERS FORMING THE BROKEN
BRIDGE AND THAT PERSON WOULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THE
OTHER TEAM. THEN THAT TEAM WOULD BEGIN TO CALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
IN ITALY AFTER THE WEDDING PARTY, WHEN THE COUPLE
HAVE LEFT FOR THEIR NEW HOME, THE BEST MAN GATHERS
HIS FRIENDS AND THEY GO OVER AND SERENADE THE WEDDING
COUPLE. IF THE BRIDE AND GROOM DO NOT GET UP AND
GIVE THEM A DRINK, THE GROUP WOULD START PLAYING
TRICKS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS ALWAYS TOO YOUNG TO PARTAKE IN THIS
ACTIVITY, BUT SAW IT DONE OFTEN AS A CHILD. SHE
THOUGHT IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ITALY ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage F545.1341 |
Date learned: 02-06-1972 ; CHILDHOOD
AT ITALIAN WEDDINGS, THE BRIDE WEARS A FLOOR
LENGTH VEIL. AT THE RECEPTION THE GROOM CUTS THE
VEIL TO SHOULDER LENGTH AS A SYMBOL THAT THE
BRIDE IS NO LONGER A MAIDEN. THE BRIDAL PARTY
THEN HOLDS THE VEIL OVER THE COUPLE FOR THEIR
"SWEETHEART" DANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Removing veil |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
THE GROOM SHOULD NOT SEE HIS (FUTURE) FATHER-IN-LAW
THE DAY BEFORE THE WEDDING..
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage F545.0373 |
Date learned: 10-13-1967
When I was a young boy my father was always trying to get me
to drink my milk. He would always tell me that it was good for
me and that it would put hair on my chest and that without hair
on my chest I was not a real man.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Drink from animal product Milk BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
Something that I heard a few years ago in school was that
whenever a person got his hair cut other people would ask if that
person got his ears lowered rather than if he got his hair cut. I
guess this is just an unusual way of referring to a haircut.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1986
When I was younger I always used to hear people say that you
should not swallow your chewing gum because it takes seven years
to digest and that if you do swallow it too often all of the
pieces of chewed gum accumulate into a big pile and sit there in
your stomach until it is digested.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
A friendly greeting that I learned as a young child goes as
follows: "Slap me five, other side, in the hole, brother soul."
When the words "Slap me five" are said, the person you are
greeting is to slap the greeter's palm (facing up). When the
words "other side" are said the person you are greeting is to
slap the other side of the greeter's hand. When the words "in
the hole" are said the greeter is to make a hole using all five
fingers, and the person who is being greeted is to slap over the
top of the hole. And finally, when the words "brother soul" are
said the person being greeted is to grab the greeter's thumb in a
shaking motion.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Sheila.
Sheila who?
Sheila later.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 01-00-1992
When is a dog's tail not a dog's tail?
When it's a wagon.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): wagging
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Miss Susie had an steam boat.
The steam boat had a bell.
Miss Susie went to heaven.
The steam boat went to ...
Hello operator, give me number nine
If you disconnect me
I'll kick you right behind...
The refrigerator, there was a piece of glass
Miss Susie fell upon it and broke her little ...
Ask me no more questions, I'll tell you no more lies.
Miss Susie told me this the day before
She dyed her hair in purple,
She dyed her hair in pink,
She dyed her hair in polka dots
And washed it down the ...
Sink me in the ocean
Sink me in the sea
Sink me in the toilet
But please don't pee on me.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1991