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HA-HA GAME
ONE PERSON LAYS ON THE FLOOR. ANOTHER PERSON LAYS
HIS OR HER HEAD ON THE FIRST PERSON'S STOMACH. THEN
THIS PATTERN GOES ON UNTIL ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE
ROOM ARE LAYING ON EACH OTHER'S STOMACH IN A "STAIRWAY"
PATTERN. THEN THE FIRST PERSON SAYS "HA" LOUDLY, THE
SECOND PERSON THEN SAYS "HA-HA" AND THIS IS CONTINUED
DOWN THE LINE, EACH PERSON ADDING A "HA" TO THE
PERSON'S BEFORE HIM. BY THE TIME IT GETS TO THE END,
EVERYONE SHOULD BE IN LAUGHTER BECAUSE OF THE VIBRA-
TIONS OF THE STOMACH OF THE PERSON IN FRONT OF HIM.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT USES GAME AS ICE-BREAKER AT PARTIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 04-05-1967
HOPSCOTCH
1. EACH PARTICIPANT HAS A STONE (SMALL)
2. BEGIN BY THROWING STONE INTO BLOCK #1
3. HOP ON ONE FOOT FROM BLOCK TO BLOCK, OMITTING THE
ONE WITH THE STONE IN IT. DON'T STEP ON A LINE. IF
YOU DO, YOU ARE SENT TO THE END OF THE LINE TO
BEGIN AGAIN.
4. IF YOU REACH "HOME" TURN ON THE SAME FOOT AND HOP
BACK TO "START."
5. BEGIN PROCESS AGAIN, STARTING BY THROWING STONE TO
BLOCK #2
6. WHEN SOMEONE EITHER MISSES HER BLOCK AFTER THREE
THROWS OR STEPS ON A LINE, SHE GIVES UP HER TURN TO THE
NEXT IN LINE.
7. THE PERSON WHO COMPLETES TEN ROUNDS FIRST WINS.
Submitter comment: DIAGRAM OF PLAYING SURFACE ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
GUNS
IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD GAME, ALL THE PLAYERS DIVIDED
UP INTO TWO TEAMS. THEY THEN SOUGHT OUT THE OPPOSING
TEAM AND TRIED TO SHOOT THEM DEAD BY YELLING: "BANG, I
GOT YOU (NAME." IF YOU WERE SHOT, YOU HAD TO FALL
DOWN DEAD AND STAY THERE FOR THE REST OF THE GAME.
THE GAME ENDED WHEN THERE WAS ONLY ONE TEAM LEFT.
THE SIDES WERE USUALLY GANGSTERS OR COPS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HIS BUDDIES.
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
STATUES
THIS GAME IS PLAYED WITH AN "IT." THE "IT" SWINGS
YOU AROUND IN A CIRCLE AND LETS YOU GO. WHEN HE
YELLS "STATUE," YOU MUST FREEZE IN THAT POSITION.
YOU STAY IN THAT POSITION UNTIL ALL OF THE PLAYERS
HAVE BEEN SPUN.
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
HOP SCOTCH
TO PLAY, YOU TAKE A STONE AND THROW IT ON THE NUMBERED
SQUARES. YOU HAD TO THROW IT SO THE STONE DID NOT TOUCH
THE DIVIDING LINES OR BOUNCE OUT. IT ALSO HAD TO BE
THROWN IN THE ORDER, 1 TO 12. YOU THEN HAD TO HOP AND
GET YOUR STONE WITHOUT HOPPING ON A SQUARE WITH A
STONE ON IT OR LOSING YOUR BALANCE. IF YOU DID, YOU
LOST YOUR TURN.
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
HOP SCOTCH
TO PLAY THE GAME ON EITHER OF THE TWO DIAGRAMS, YOU
NEEDED A STONE. THE PLAYER TAKES THE STONE AND
THROWS IT ON THE ONE MARKED "1" AND HOPS ON IT AND
THEN BACK. HE THEN THROWS IT ON 2, HOPS TO IT BY
MEANS OF ALL THE SQUARES WITH LESS NUMERICAL VALUE
THAN THE ONE HIS STONE IS ON AND HOPS BACK. HE
KEEPS GOING UNTIL HE JUMPS OUTSIDE THE LINE OR
THROWS HIS MARKER IN THE WRONG SQUARE. THEN IT IS
THE NEXT PLAYER'S TURN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM 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
WAR
THIS IS A GAME WHERE THE PLAYERS CHOOSE UP SIDES AND
DECIDE BEFORE THEY BEGIN PLAYING WHO THE WINENR
WILL BE. THIS TEAM IS CALLED THE AMERICANS. THE
LOSING TEAM IS CALLED THE JAPS OR NAZIS. THEY
WOULD THEN SEPARATE AND SEEK OUT THE OPPOSING SIDE
AND HAVE A MOCK BATTLE IN WHICH THE LEADER OF THE
AMERICANS ALWAYS DIED A GLORIOUS, HEROIC DEATH.
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
WAR
TO PLAY THIS GAME, BOTH SIDES SHOULD BE NUMERICALLY
EVEN. WHEN THE GAME IS STARTED, ONE TEAM SEEKS OUT
THE OTHER TEM TO 'SHOOT' THEM. IF SHOT, YOU MUST
LAY ON THE GROUND WHERE YOU WERE SHOT UNTIL THE GAME
ENDS. YOU GNOW YOU ARE SHOT WHEN SOMEONE YELLS: "BANK,
I SHOT YOU."
Submitter comment: THE 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
RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT
THIS GAME IS PLAYED WITH AN "IT." THE "IT" TURNS HIS
BACK ON THE OTHER PLAYERS AND SAYS: "YELLOW, BLUE,
BROWN, RED LIGHT." WHEN HE SAYS "RED LIGHT," HE
TURNS AROUND TO FACE THE PLAYERS. ALL THE TIME THAT
HE HAD BEEN NAMING COLORS, (THE CHOICE AND NUMBER OF
COLORS NAMED BEING ARBITRARY) THE REST OF THE PLAYERS
HAD BEEN SNEAKING UP ON HIM FROM SOME STARTING POINT.
AT "RED LIGHT," THEY MUST FREEZE IN THEIR POSITIONS,
BECAUSE IF "IT" TURNS AROUND AND SEES THEM MOVING,
THEY MUST GO BACK TO THE START. WHEN THE "IT" IS
SATISFIED THAT NO ONE IS MOVING WHILE FACING HIM,
HE TURNS AROUND AND BEGINS NAMING COLORS AGAIN WHILE
THE OTHERS ADVANCE AGAIN. THE GAME ENDS WHEN ONE OF
THE PLAYERS TOUCHES THE "IT."
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HIS BUDDIES.
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
JOHNNY, MAY I CROSS YOUR BRIDGE?
THE GAME IS PLAYED ON A LAWN. ALL THE CHLDREN EXCEPT
ONE, WHO IS JOHNNY, ARE ON ONE SIDE OF THE LAWN.
JOHNNY IS AT THE OTHER.
ONE CHILD: JOHNNY, MAY I CROSS YOUR BRIDGE?
JOHNNY: NOT UNLESS YOU HAVE (A COLOR) ON.
IF THE CHILD HAS THE COLOR ON, HE MAY WALK TO THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE LAWN. IF NOT, HE MUST RUN ACROSS AND TRY
NOT TO GET CAUGHT. PLAY CONTINUES FROM ONE SIDE TO
THE OTHER UNTIL ALL THE CHILDREN BUT ONE ARE CAUGHT.
THIS CHILD BECOMES "IT" OR JOHNNY.
Submitter comment:
KAREN LEARNED THIS FROM AND PLAYED IT WITH NEIGHBOR
CHILDREN IN NORTHWEST DETROIT.
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
HOP SCOTCH--SPIRAL
PLAYER MUST JUMPT TO THE CENTER AND BACK ON ONE FOOT
WITHOUT STEPPING ON THE LINES. IF PLAYER DOES THIS,
PLAYER GETS HER INITIALS IN ONE OF THE SQUARES AND
THE NEXT TIME AROUND GETS TO REST WITH TWO FEET
IN THAT SQUARE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
HIDE AND SEEK
THE PERSON WHO WAS IT BLINDED HIS EYES WHILE THE
OTHERS HID. AFTER COUNTING TO A CERTAIN NUMBER, HE
WOULD TRY TO FIND THOSE HIDDEN AND DRAG THEM BACK
ACROSS A LINE. IF SOMEONE COULD GET TO THOSE
WHO HAD BEEN ALREADY CAUGHT WITHOUT HIMSELF GETTING
CAUGHT, HE COULD FREE THE OTHERS BY TOUCHING THEM SO
THEY COULD HIDE AGAIN. THE PERSON WHO WAS IT COULD
END THE GAME BY YELLING, "OK, I GIVE UP."
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
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