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MY AUNT ESTER WAS SUPERSTITIOUS. A WOMAN USED TO COME OVER
TO TELL HER ABOUT SOME MAN THAT THEY HAD TROUBLE WITH.
HE HAD BEEN THERE AND WENT AWAY.
THEY DID NOT KNOW WHERE HE WAS.
HE LEFT HIS HAT AT THIS WOMANS HOUSE.
SHE TOOK THE HAT PUT IT IN WATER AND BOILED AND BOILED IT.
THE MAN RETURNED FOR HIS HAT QUICKLY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THIS CONTAGIOUS TYPE OF
MAGIC OR ANY OTHER KIND OF MAGIC.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A PUCKER SOUND IS MADE WHEN MAKING SOUP
SO THAT THE EGG IN IT WILL NOT CURDLE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
Date learned: 11-14-1969
BELIEF
THE MALTESE BELIEVE THAT IF YOU HAVE YOUR
HOUSE BLESSED AT EASTERTIME BY A
CLERGYMAN THIS WILL WARD OFF
THE EVIL SPIRITS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-06-1972
GUM WRAPPERS
IT IS BELIEVED AS A SUPERSTITION THAT IF
ONE TEARS THE ALUMINUM PAPER OFF OF A PIECE
OF GUM THAT THAT PERSON WILL GET THEIR WISH.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
MORE SUPERSTITIONS (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
IT IS BELIEVED IN PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT DEATHS,
FIRES AND AIRPLANE CRASHES ALWAYS OCCUR IN THREES.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
RENT
RUFAS, RASTUS, JOHNSON BROWN
WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN THE RENT COMES ROUND?
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE, AND HE REMEMBERS THIS FROM HIS
CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): IMPERFECT RHYME ; RHYME: AA ; RIDICULE OF NAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
PROVERB
THE GOLDEN RULE IS TO GO TO SCHOOL, TO LOVE SOMEBODY, AND NEVER
STUDY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-17-1972
BLUE BELLS,/ COCKLE SHELLS,/ EEVY IVY OVER. ( TWO PEOPLE SWING THE
ROPE BACK AND FORTH WHILE SOMEONE IS JUMPING OVER IT. THEN ON "OVER"
THE END PEOPLE START TURNING THE ROPE AND THE PERSON IN THE MIDDLE
JUMPS TIL HE MISSES.)
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-01-1971
DUMB, DUMB, DO, DO CATCH ME IF YOU CAN,
I CAN RUN FASTER THAN---CAN.
A GAME OF TAG IS PLAYED. THE PERSON BEING CHASED MAY DO A VARIETY OF
JUMPS AND THE CHASER MUST DO THEM ALSO. IF THE PERSON IS CAUGHT SHE
MUST TAKE AN END, LEAVING THE WINNER TO CALL SOMEONE TO CHASE HER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
PEDIDDLE
IF A GUY SEES A CAR WITH ONLY 1 LIGHT ON, HE SAYS "PEDIDDLE" AND
KISSES THE GIRL. IF THE GIRL SEES IT FIRST, SHE SLAPS HIS FACE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-02-1970
TELEPHONE GREETING
"SUMMER'S BAKERY, WHICH CRUMB DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SOMETIMES ANSWERS HER TELEPHONE IN THIS MANNER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-04-1972
A POPULAR EXPRESSION OF SARCASM IS "YEAH, THREE TIMES
FOR BALTIMORE."
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-17-1972
FORMULA SPEECH
BON APPETIT!
Submitter comment:
HIS FAMILY ALWAYS SAYS THIS BEFORE EATING DINNER OR LUNCH.
JOE'S FAMILY IS ITALIAN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-10-1972
INITIATION CEREMONY
"SAY THE GREEK ALPHABET FOUR TIMES WHILE HOLDING A
BURNING MATCH."
Submitter comment:
USED BY KAPPA BETA GAMMA SORORITY AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF DETROIT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
TONGUE-TWISTER
SAY "RUBBER, BABY, BUGGY, BUMPERS" THREE TIMES RAPIDLY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-12-1972
Rope-Jumping Rhymes
Ice cream, soda, ginger ale, pop
These are the intials o fmy sweeetheart-
Go throuth alphabet until coming to initila of boyfrien (ex. a,b,c,d...)
Where learned: Told in Detroit
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope-Jumping Rhymes
I had a little baby, his name ws Tiny Tim.
Put him in the bathtub to teach himhow to swim
He drank all the water, He ate all the the soap
Hed died last night form a bubble in his throat.
I called the doctor.
I called the nurse.
I called the lady with the alligator purse.
In came the doctor. (another jumps in)
In came the nurese (another jumps in)
In can the ladey with the alligator purse (another jumps in)
Out wnet the doctor (one jumps out)
Out went the nurse (one jumps out)
Out went the lady with the alligator purse.
Where learned: Told in Detroit
Keyword(s): Call ; CHARACTER ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jumprope Rhyme
Ice cream soda,
Gingerale pop
Theses are the initial of my sweetheart;
(spell until you miss; a,b,c,d, etc...)
Where learned: Told in Detroit
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750 .560 |
Jump-rope rime
I'm a little Dutch girl.
Dressed in red.
These are the things my faterh said:
Salute to the Captin
Cursty to the queen.
And turn my back on the mean old king.
Where learned: Told in Detroit
Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump rope rime
Teddy bear, Teddy Bear, turn around,
Teddy bear, Teddy bear, touch the ground.
Teddy bear, Teddy bear go upstairs.
say your pairs
Teddy bear, Teddy bear, turn off the light
Teddy bear, Teddy bear spell goodnight.
G-O-O-D-N-I-G-H-T.
Where learned: Told in Detroit
Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |