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PRANK
WHEN MY FAMILY WOULD GO UP NORTH, I WOULD STEAL ALL THE
TOILET PAPER OUT OF THE OUTHOUSES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
ORANGES GROW IN CALIFORNIA,
THEY GROW IN FLORIDA TOO.
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 03-29-1971
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY, HOLLAR "I."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.525 |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
THE THREE TYPES OF KISSES
THIS MUST BE SAID ALOUD AND PREFERABLY DEMONSTRATED
ON SOMEONE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX. THE THREE TYPES
OF KISSES ARE PEACHES, PRUNES, AND ALFALFA. EACH
SYLLABLE OF ALFALFA IS SAID WITH THE GONGUE OUT
AND SLOBBERY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS VERY FUNNY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 09-30-1971
I'M GOING DOWN TOWN TO SMOKE MY PIPE
AND I WON'T BE BACK TIL SATURDAY NIGHT,
AND IF THAT OLD WITCH CATCHES YOU
I'LL SPANK YOU TILL YOU'RE BLACK AND BLUE.
Submitter comment: TYPE OF TAG GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
CHARLIE OVER THE WATER,
CHARLIE OVER THE SEA,
CHARLIE CAUGHT A BLACKBIRD,
BUT HE CANNOT CATCH ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TAG GAME.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
LEAVES
BACK IN NEW JERSEY, THERE WAS THIS GAME WE'D PLAY WITH
LEAVES. WE'D RAKE THEM ALL TOGETHER AND FORM A HOUSE
OUT OF THEM. MAKE A WALL OUT OF THEM, THEN HAVE
LEAVES THAT WOULD REPRESENT BEDROOMS, KITCHEN, LIVING
ROOM, ETC.
Where learned: ON THE WAY TO UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 03-11-1970
TIN CAN
TAKE A TIN CAN, PUT IT ON THE GROUND...YOU HAD TO HAVE
HARD HEELS, YOU KNOW. WE USED TO STOMP ON THE CAN
WITH OUR HEELS. THAT WAY WHEN IT WOULD CRUSH, IT
WOULD BITE YOUR FOOT (HEEL) AND WOULD MAKE A REAL
COOL SOUND.
Where learned: ON THE WAY TO UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 03-11-1970
TAG TYPE GAME
DUMMY DUMMY DODO
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN,
I CAN RUN FASTER THAN (NAME) CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
BASEBALL CUSTOM
IT IS TRADITIONAL TO EAT HOT DOGS AT BASEBALL GAMES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DUMB DUMB DOTO CATCH ME IF YOU CAN,
I CAN RUN FASTER THAN YOU CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
RING AROUND THE ROSEY, A POCKET FULL OF POSIES
ASHES, ASHES, WE ALL FALL DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.523 |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
DID YOU EVER, EVER, EVER, IN YOUR BEATNICK LIFE,
SEE A BEATNICK SAILOR WITH HIS BEATNICK WIFE?
NO, I NEVER EVER, EVER, EVER, IN MY BEATNICK LIFE,
SAW A BEATNICK SAILOR WITH HIS BEATNICK WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-06-1967
FIVE LITTLE SOLDIERS, STANDING IN A ROW.
(HERE--BEND THE TWO LAST FINGERS DOWN TO DENOTE BENT SOLDIERS: )
THREE STOOD STRAIGHT, AND TWO STOOD SO.
ALONG CAME THE CAPTAIN AND WHAT DO YOU THINK?
(ON THE WORD "STRAIGHT" STRAIGHTEN THE LAST TWO FINGERS.)
THEY ALL STOOD STRAIGHT AS QUICK AS A WINK.
Submitter comment:
BEGIN THE RHYME BY COUNTING ON THE HAND THE FIVE SOLDIERS:
RECITED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
MY MOTHER AND YOURS WERE HANGING UP SOME CLOTHS,
MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER IN THE NOSE.
Submitter comment: THE PERSON WHO IS IT WHEN THE WORD NOSE COMES UP IS OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
COUNTING OUT
AZA, TOOZA, KITCH CAN ASH CAN,
BOOZA BAM, SEE SAW BUCK, YOU'RE OUT.
Submitter comment:
INSTRUCTIONS--GROUP PUTS BOTH FEET IN A CIRCLE.
ELIMINATIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
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Tongue Twister
I'm neither a fig plucker nor a fig plucker's son but I pluck your figs till the fig plucker comes.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C730.329] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Plucker? Yes.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Fig ; Language ; Plucker ; RHYME ; Saying ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech Filter - Mature Content |
COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, MORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
COUNTING DEVICE
1, 2, BUTTON MY SHOE
3, 4, SHUT THE DOOR,
5, 6, PICK UP STICKS,
7, 8, LAY THEM STRAIGHT,
9, 10, YOU'RE A BIG, FAT HEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE, COMING DOWN THE RAILROAD LINE,
WHICH COLOR DO YOU CHOOSE, GREEN--G-R-E-E-N, YOU ARE NOT IT.
Submitter comment:
THIS RHYME IS SAID AMONG MANY CHILDREN PLAYING TAG. ONE
PERSON RECITES THIS RHYME AND WHILE DOING SO, HE POINTS TO
A DIFFERENT PERSON ACCODING TO THE RHYTHM OF HE TUNE.
THE PERSON HE POINTS TO AT THE END OF THE TUNE IS LEFT
OUT OF THE CHOOSING FOR WHO WILL BE IT. THIS SYSTEM
CONTINUES UNTIL ONE PERSON IS LEFT WHO IS CHOSEN TO BE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |