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IF YOU TELL A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST IT WON'T COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 08-02-1970
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, SOMEONE IS COMING TO SEE YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 08-02-1970
WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD, INFORMANT HAD A NANNY NAMED AUNT JANE, AN OLD COLORED WOMAN. WHEN AUNT JANE, INFORMANT, AND HER SISTERS USED TO GO TO THE WOODS TO PICK BERRIES, AUNT JANE WOULD OFTEN HEAR A TWIG SNAP AND WOULD SAY, "THE SPIRITS IS CALLIN' ME." BY SPIRITS SHE MEANT LOVED ONES WHO WERE DEAD. SHE TOLD INFORMANT THAT THE SPIRITS COULD BE SEEN IF INFORMANT WOULD LOOK QUICKLY OVER AUNT JANE'S LEFT SHOULDER. OFTEN AUNT JANE WOULD GO OFF INTO THE WOODS BY HERSELF A SHORT DISTANCE (WHEN TWIGS SNAPPED) AND WHISPER WITH THE SPIRITS, WHO SHE SWORE SHE COULD SEE.
AUNT JANE WOULD ALSO SAY THAT THE "SPIRITS IS CALLIN' ME" WHEN SHE WAS DOING A DISAGREABLE TASK. FOR INSTANCE, SHE WOULD BE DOING DISHES, WHEN SUDDENLY THE "SPIRITS" WOULD CALL HER, AND SHE WOULD GO OUT UNDER A TREE AND TALK TO THEM.
AUNT JANE ALSO HAD A HABIT OF SPRINKLING SALT ABOUT THE HOUSE, AND ESPECIALLY AROUND THE ENTRANCE WAYS TO KEEP OUT EVIL SPIRITS.
ALSO, WHEN SHE TOOK THE CHILDREN FISHING AUNT JANE WOULD SAY, "DON'T TALK ABOUT SNAKES OR YOU'LL SEE THEM."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 07-15-1970
TO KEEP A HOUSEHOLD SAFE FROM ANY CALAMITIES, SPRINKLE THE HOUSE REGULARLY WITH HOLY WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 08-02-1970
Sweet Sally
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT SALLY AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET.
ALONG CAME JIMMY AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, (UNTIL ONE MISSES)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
Jump-Rope Rhyme
I'm a little Dutch girl
dressed in blue
These are the things I like to do
Bow to the captain
Curtsy to the queen
And touch the bottom of the submarine.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Downtown
I'm going downtown to smoke my pipe.
I won't be back till Saturday night.
I'll whip you blue, I'll whip you black.
Especialy you my daughter Sue.
(school jump rope rhyme)
Where learned: INFORMANT'S HOME
Keyword(s): PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope-Jumping Rhyme
Ice cream soda, ginger-ale pop,
See how many turns you make before
You must stop.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collect share the same surname and residence.
Where learned: AT HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump- Rope Song
I'm a dutch girl dressed in blue, these
are the things I used to do, salute to
the captin curtsie to the king, turn my back
to the dirty submarine
Submitter comment:
From early friends.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump- Rope Rhyme
Ice cream soda ginger ale pop
Tell me the name of your sweetheart
A,B,C,.....etc. (The letters of the alphabet were recited in order until the person jumping rope missed. When he(she) missed, he(she) had to name her(his) sweetheart whose first name began with the loast letter recited)
Submitter comment:
Informant and collector share same surname and address.
Where learned: Home of informant in Detroit, Michigan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Dutch Girl
I'm a littel Dutch girl dressed in blue.
These are the things I like to do.
Salute to he captin,
Curtsy to the queen,
Turn my back on the mean old king.
Submitter comment:
Informant and collect share the same surname.
Where learned: informant's home
Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope-Jumping Rhymes
Ice cream soda, gingerale pop,
Tell me the initial of your sweetheart.
(Keep jumping until you miss one of the letters of the alpabet.)
Where learned: Informants home in Livonia, Michigan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Jack and Mary sitting in a tree
K I S S I N G
Frist comes love then comes marriage
Than comes Mary with a baby carriage.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: At her home.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyjme
Ice cream soda,
Ginger-ale pop
Tell me the initials of your sweetheart
A,B,C,...till miss-1st initial
A, B, C,...till miss 2nd initial
Where learned: INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
I love coffee, I love tea
I want name them to jump in with me
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C750- |
Jump Rope Rhyme
I love coffee I love tea
Johnny broke the sugar bowl and blamed it on me
I told ma, ma told pa
Johnny got a licking, ha, ha, ha
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Song
Its raining,
Its pouring,
The old man is snoring.
Where learned: At her home.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Fifty Cents
I asked my mother for fifty cents
To see the elephant jump the fence.
He jumped so high, he touched the sky.
And didn't come back til the fourth of July.
Where learned: At her home.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Johnny
Johnny over the ocean.
Johnny over the sea.
Johnny broke the milk bottle .
And blamed it onto me.
I told ma, ma told pa.
Johnny got a lickin.
Ha,ha, ha!
Where learned: At her home.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
I'm a little Dutch girl diressed in blue,
Here are the duties I used to do:
Salut toe the captain, courtesy to the queen,
Touch the bottom of the ocean green.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the same surname.
Collect does not state what city or state the informant resides in.
Where learned: Told at informant's home.
Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |