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Graffito

2 Young
+2 Go
4 Boys


 

Data entry tech comment:

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

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; 1171 N RENAUD ; informant's home

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

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Graffito

2 Nice
+2 Be
4 gotten

 

Data entry tech comment:

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

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; 1171 N RENAUD ; informant's home

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

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Daffy Definitions--Graffiti

Dentist Office: A filling station
Diet: The penalty for exceeding the feed limit.
Mummy: An Egyptian who pressed for time.
Exit: What a person who can't write his name does.
Fire Proof: Being related to the boss.

 

Data entry tech comment:

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

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 1448 Junction ; informant's home

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

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Graffiti

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Here I sit broken hearted
'Cause I tried to shit and only farted.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19626 CONCORD ; collector's home

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

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Graffiti

Black! White! Oriental!
The water splashes over
All their asses the same.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19626 CONCORD ; collector's home

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

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JUMP ROPE RHYME

JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN,
JOHNNY OVER THE SEA,
JOHNNY STOLE A NICKLE AND BLAMED IT ON ME.
I TOLD MA,
MA TOLD PA.
JOHNNY GOT A LICKIN'-HA! HA! HA!

Submitter comment:

INFORMANT SAID THIS WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL (1920'S).

Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; 15209 ; PITTSBURGH ; 1579 ANDERSON RD ; INFORMANT'S HOME

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP

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

Date learned: 10-02-1971

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JUMP-ROPE RHYME

JUMP ALL TOGETHER GIRLS,
JUST LIKE THE WEATHER GIRLS:
JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.

Submitter comment:

AS EACH MONTH IS CALLED, EACH GIRL JUMPS IN FOR THE MONTH OF HER BIRTHDAY. THE RHYME IS REPEATED AND THE GIRLS JUMP OUT IN THE SAME ORDER.

Data entry tech comment:

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

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; 1318 EDMUNDTON DR ; informant's home

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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KISSING

K-I-S-S-I-N-G FIRST COMES LOVE,
THEN COMES MARRIAGE,
NEXT COMES (A NAME) WITH A BABY CARRIAGE.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 7735 JACKSON ; TAYLOR ; informant's home

Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP

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

Date learned: 04-01-1970

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JUMP ROPE RHYME

LADY BUG, LADY BUG, FLY AWAY DO.
FLY TO THE MOUNTAIN AND FEED UPON DEW.
AND SLEEP ON A RUG--A SOFT FEATHER RUG,
AND THEN RUN AWAY LIKE A GOOD LITTLE BUG.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; 24735 INDUSTRIAL HWY ; informant's home

Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP

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

Date learned: 03-07-1970

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JUMP-ROPE RHYME

ASK YOUR MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS TO SEE THE MONKEY JUMP THE FENCE,
HE JUMPED SO HIGH HE TOUCHED THE SKY AND NEVER CAME DOWN TILL
FOURTH OF JULY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5718 COOPER ; informant's home

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP

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

Date learned: 03-06-1971

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JUMP ROPE RHYME

HELP, MURDER, POLICE
MY MOTHER FELL IN THE GREASE
I LAUGHED SO HARD, I FELL IN THE LARD
HELP MURDER POLICE

Data entry tech comment:

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

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA ; 320 S 12TH ST ; informant's home

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP

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

Date learned: 10-04-1970

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JUMP ROPE RHYME

JOE, JOE BROKE HIS TOE
ON HIS WAY TO MEXICO,
ON HIS WAY BACK, HE BROKE HIS BACK
SLIDING DOWN THE RAILROAD TRACK.

Submitter comment:

INFORMANT LEARNED THIS RHYME FROM HIS DAD AND HIS SISTERS WOULD SAY IT WHILE JUMPING ROPE TOO.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 8682 SMART ; informant's home

Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP

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

Date learned: 03-22-1971

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JUMP-ROPE RHYME

LINCOLN, LINCOLN,
WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DRINK'N?
SMELLS LIKE WHISKEY,
TASTES LIKE WINE,
OH MY GOSH! IT'S TURPENTINE.

Submitter comment:

LEARNED FROM HER SISTER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 1714 WILTSHIRE ; INFORMANT'S HOME ; Berkley

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP

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

Date learned: 11-03-1967

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JUMP-ROPE RHYME

MABEL, MABEL SET THE TABLE
DON'T FORGET THE SALT AND PEPPER
(ROPE WHIRLS REAL FAST WHEN YOU SAY PEPPER)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5776 WHITTIER ; informant's home

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: 11-23-1970

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Jump-rope Rhyme

MABLE, MABLE
SET THE TABLE.
DON'T FORGET THE RED HOT PEPPER.

Submitter comment:

ON THE WORD "PEPPER," THE ROPE IS TURNED FASTER AND FASTER TILL THE JUMPER MISSES.

Data entry tech comment:

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

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK ; 11362 LUMPKIN ; informant's home

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: 10-11-1971

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BELIEF IN SNOWBALLS AND HAIL

DON'T MAKE SNOWBALLS, IF YOU DO HAIL WILL FALL DURING THE SPRING
AND RUIN THE CROPS.

Submitter comment:

INFORMANT'S FAMILY TOLD HIM THIS WHILE HE LIVED IN POLAND.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant is collector's father.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT HOME

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew
BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon

Date learned: 11-14-1971

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TOADSTOOLS

IF YOU KICK A TOADSTOOL IT WILL RAIN.

Submitter comment:

INFORMANT'S YARD HAD SEVERAL TOADSTOOLS GROWING IN IT, MY LITTLE SISTER SAW THEM AND WAS GOING TO KNOCK IT OUT AND THIS IS WHEN THE INFORMANT SAID THIS.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CALUMET ; informant's home ; 1688 Laurium

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew
BELIEF -- Plant
BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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IF IT RAINED WHEN A PERSON DIED, IT MEANT THAT THE ANGELS WERE CRYING FOR HIM AND HE WENT TO HEAVEN.

Submitter comment:

THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT WHEN HE WAS TEN YEARS OLD BY HIS PARENTS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE FARMS ; informant's home ; 138 Mapleton

Keyword(s): TEARS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Angel
BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7
BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon

Date learned: 10-03-1971

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LUCK

IF YOU SEE A WHIRLWIND COMING TOWARDS YOUR HOUSE, IT IS A SIGN OF TROUBLE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home ; 28244 Grixdale

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7

Date learned: 01-12-1970

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WEATHER BELIEF

WHEN A TORNADO-LIKE WIND OR WHIRLING OF WATER APPEARS IN INDIA INHABITANTS WARN ONE NOT TO JUMP IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE THERE IS A SPIRIT IN THE MIDDLE AND WHOEVER DOES WILL BECOME POSSESSED
BY THE DEVIL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST QUAD ; informant's home

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Devil Demon
BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado
BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon

Date learned: 03-05-1971

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