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BLOODY MURDER
"IT" GOES AND HIDES WHILE THE CHILDREN SITTING ON
"HOME" SING THE FOLLOWING SONG:
ONE O'CLOCK, TWO O'CLOCK, THREE O'CLOCK ROCK
FOUR O'CLOCK, FIVE O'CLOCK, SIX O'CLOCK ROCK
SEVEN O'CLOCK, EIGHT O'CLOCK, NINE O'CLOCK ROCK
TEN O'CLOCK, ELEVEN O'CLOCK, TWELVE O'CLOCK
MIDNIGHT!
"MIDNIGHT" IS YELLED AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE SO THAT "IT" MAY
KNOW THAT THE CHILDREN ARE COMING. THE CHILDREN SEPARATE
AND LOOK FOR "IT". IF A CHILD SEES "IT" AND HASN'T YET BEEN
TOUCHED BY "IT", THAT CHILD WILL SCREAM "BLOODY MURDER" AND
RUN TO HOME. THE OTHER CHILDREN ALSO SCREAM "BLOODY MURDER"
AND RUN TO HOME. IT IS UNWISE TO BE LAST FOR BY THEN "IT" HAS
GOTTEN TO THE AREA OF HOME BASE AND GUARDS HOME SO THAT THE
PLAYERS CAN'T GET THROUGH. THE PLAYERS TOUCHING HOME BASE THEN
FORM A HUMAN CHAIN, LINKING HANDS, AND TRY TO REACH THE
TRAPPED PLAYERS. IF THEY CAN REACH THE CHAIN THEY ARE "SAFE".
IF SOMEONE IS TOUCHED BY "IT" THEY BECOME "IT" FOR THE NEXT
GAME. OTHERWISE THE ORIGINAL "IT" IS "IT" AGAIN AND THE GAME
BEGINS AGAIN. THIS GAME WAS ALWAYS PLAYED AT NIGHT. "IT"
COULD HIDE BETTER AND THE DARKNESS ADDED TO THE FEAR AND
EXCITEMENT. THE BOUNDARIES WERE ALWAYS SETTLED BEFORE HAND AS
WELL AS A TIME LIMIT FOR FINDING "IT".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Flint
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Hiding Searching |
Date learned: 05-00-1978
IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC, DEPENDING UPON HOW A GIRL WEARS HER FLOWER,
SIGNALS THE DEGREE OF HER AVAILABILITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; 109 SOUTH QUAD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
RED ROBIN
THE ROBIN GOT HIS BREAST RED WHEN HE PULLED A THORN OUT FROM
CHRIST'S HEAD WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIBLICAL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Characteristics of Animals |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
DON'T GO TO LONDON, DON'T GO TO FRANCE
STAY HERE IN MISSOURI AND GIVE THE BOYS A CHANCE.
Where learned: MISSOURI, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COUNTRY ; HUMOROUR ADVICE ; RHYMING COUPLET
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
GRANDMA'S ICEMAN CAME BY ONCE A WEEK IN HIS HORSE AND
WAGON. SHE USED TO PUT A SIGN IN THE WINDOW SO HE KNEW
HOW MANY POUNDS TO BRING IN. IN THOSE DAYS GRANDMA STILL
COULD NOT AFFORD AN ELECTRIC FREEZER. ANYHOW, THE
ICEMAN WOULD CUT THE BLOCKS OUT IN THE STREET, AND US
KIDS WOULD RUN OUT AND EAT THE BROKEN CHIPS; AS LONG
AS THE HORSE HADN'T POOPED! THE ICEMAN TOLD US THAT HIS
ICE CAME STRAIGHT FROM SANTA CLAUS AT THE NORTH POLE.
WE BELIEVED HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; GRANDMAS HOME
Keyword(s): DELIVERYMAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Secular hero BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001940S
NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM
WASHING WITH A PIECE OF SILVER
SO THE NEW YEAR WILL BE PROSPEROUS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 6627 Whitefield ; informant's home
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CONTAGIOUS MAGIC ; HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
Date learned: 10-22-1968
MY MOTHER WAS A BAKER, A BAKER, A BAKER.
MY MOTHER WAS A BAKER AND THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID UMM, UMM.
MY FATHER WAS A GARBAGE MAN, A GARBAGE MAN, A GARBAGE MAN.
MY FATHER WAS A GARBAGE MAN AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID UMM, UMM,
P-U.
MY SISTER WAS A MOVIE STAR, A MOVIE STAR, A MOVIE STAR.
MY SISTER WAS A MOVIE STAR AND THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID UMM, UMM,
P-U, CURLY WHIRLY, WHOOP-D-DO.
MY BROTHER WAS A COWBOY, A COWBOY, A COWBOY.
MY BROTHER WAS A COWBOY AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID UMM, UMM, P-U,
CURLY WHIRLY, WHOOP-D-DO, BANG, BANG, YOU'RE DEAD FIFTY BULLETS
IN THE HEAD.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS A TAILOR, A TAILOR, A TAILOR.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS A TAILOR AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID UMM, UMM, P-U,
CURLY WHIRLY, WHOOP-D-DO, BANG, BANG, YOU'RE DEAD FIFTY BULLETS IN
THE HEAD, OUCH.
Submitter comment: YOU PINCH THE PERSON YOU ARE TELLING THIS TO WHEN YOU SAY OUCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Flint
James Callow Keyword(s): CUMULATIVE ; INCREMENTAL REPETITION
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00-00-1978 ; 11-00-1987
AT A POLISH WEDDING, AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE HALL OR RECEPTION AREA
EACH MALE OVER SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE MUST DRINK TO THE BRIDE AND
GROOM WITH POLISH VODKA. IT SYMBOLIZES CONFIDENCE , APPROVAL AND
ACCEPTANCE INTO THE SOCIETY AS MAN AND WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAWKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Reception BELIEF -- Number P686.1.16 |
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN EATS A PART OF A COOKED OR FRIED CHICKEN, THE
PART THAT WAS EATEN BY THE WOMAN WILL BE MISSING FROM THE CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAWKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
GAME VERSE
IN ITALIAN:
GIRO GIRO TONDO
GIRO GIRO TONDO
CASCA IL MONDO
CASCA LA TERRA
TUTTI GIU PERTERRA!
ENGLISH:
ROUND ROUND AROUND
ROUND ROUND AROUND
FALLS THE WORLD
FELL THE EARTH
EVERYONE ON THE GROUND!
Submitter comment:
THE ABOVE VERSE IS USED IN CONNECTION WITH A GAME THE YOUNG
CHILDREN PLAY IN ITALY. ACCORDING TO GIOVANNI, IT IS SIMILAR
TO "RING AROUND THE ROSIE." THE CHILDREN DANCE AROUND IN A
CIRCLE AND WHEN THE LAST LINE IS SUNG, THEY ALL FALL TO THE
GROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.523 |
Date learned: 10-09-1971
FIXED DATE FESTIVAL
CHILDREN CAN BE VERY CRUEL, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THE
CHILDREN BACK HOME DO IS TO GO OUT ON ST. STEPHEN'S
DAY (DEC. 26) WITH BIG NOVELTY STOCKS AND HUNT DOWN
A LITTLE BIRD CALLED THE WREN. THEY KILL THE BIRD
AND PUT THE CORPSE IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOLLY WREATH,
AND DECORATE IT WITH RIBBONS AND COLORED PAPERS AND
THINGS, AND THEY GO AROUND FROM DOOR TO DOOR SINGING
SONGS AND COLLECTING MONEY FOR THE FUNERAL.
Submitter comment:
THE ABOVE IS A QUOTE FROM A RECORD OF IRISH FOLK
SONGS THAT MIKE HEARD AT A FRIEND'S HOME. IT IS AN
INTRODUCTION TOLD BY THE SINGERS TO EXPLAIN THE
MEANING BEHIND ONE OF THE SONGS. THIS SONG WAS ONE
OF THE SONGS THE CHILDREN SANG AS THEY CARRIED THE
DEAD WREN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: 09-29-1971
IN A LITTLE ITALIAN CITY THERE LIVED A VERY POOR
MAN. ALL HE OWNED WAS AN OLD BICYCLE OF WHICH HE WAS
VERY PROUD. ONE DAY HE WENT TO A SMALL GROCERY
STORE TO BUY SOME VEGETABLES AND WHEN HE CAME
BACK, HE FOUND HIS BICYCLE ALL BROKEN INTO LITTLE
PIECES--PROBABLY SOME EVIL BOY DECIDED TO PLAY A
BAD JOKE ON HIM. THE MAN BEGAN TO CRY. AT THAT
TIME, A FUNERAL PROCESSION ARRIVED AND THE MAN JOINED THE
RELATIVES OF THE DEAD WOMAN, CRYING SO PITIFULLY THAT
A FRIEND OF THE DEAD WOMAN STOPPED HIM AND SAID,
"COME ON NOW, SHE WAS OLD AND DECREPIT, YOU KNOW."
TO THAT THE MAN REPLIED, "YES, BUT SHE STILL HAD
TWO PEDALS AND A HANDLE-BAR!"
Submitter comment:
THE ABOVE IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE FUNNY STORIES CHILDREN
TELL IN ITALY. I REMEMBER HEARING AND TELLING ONE
SIMILAR TO THIS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION---ITALIAN VERSION ON 5 X 8 CARD.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 10-06-1971
FESTIVAL
MANY HOUSEHOLDS, INCLUDING OURS, KEEP FRUIT CAKE ON HAND FOR THE
XMAS (CHRISTMAS) SEASON.
Submitter comment:
CHILDHOOD
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; 6122 GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): Cake ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FESTIVAL ; FOOD ; FRUIT ; Fruitcake ; holiday ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Pastry |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
CLAIRVOYANT
ONE NIGHT, A FEW MONTHS AGO, AFTER FINISHING WORK AT VALENTE'S, KAYE MUNDT AND MARTY RAPP WENT TO A
NEAR-BY BAR TO HAVE A BEER OR TWO. AFTER A WHILE,
MARTY GOT TO TALKING WITH TWO WOMEN WHO WERE SITTING
NEAR THEM. SOMETIME LATER, MARTY DECIDED IT WAS TIME
FOR HIM TO GO, AND LEFT KAYE TO FINISH THE CONVERSATION,
WHICH HE DID.
KAYE NOTICED THAT ONE WOMAN DID MOST OF THE TALKING,
WHILE THE OTHER REMAINED, FOR THE MOST PART, QUIET
AND RESERVED. SO HE ASKED WHY.
THE TALKATIVE WOMAN SAID THAT HER FRIEND WAS A
CLAIRBOYANT AND ASKED IF KAYE WANTED A DEMONSTRATION.
KAYE SAID HE WAS GAME, SO THE LADY GOT STARTED.
FIRST, SHE ASKED HIM HIS NAME. FROM THAT SHE TOLD HIM
THINGS ABOUT HIMSELF THAT AS KAYE PUT IT, "I DON'T
EVEN TELL PEOPLE THESE THINGS."
KAYE WAS AMAZED BY THIS, BUT HE FIGURED HE WOULD TEST HER
ONE LAST TIME, SO HE ASKED WHAT HE DID THE SUNDAY BEFORE.
THE LADY THOUGHT A MINUTE AND REPLIED THAT SHE SAW HIM
FALLING. HE HAD DONE SOMETHING HE HAD NEVER DONE
BEFORE AND SOMETHING MOST MEN WOULD NOT DO. KAYE JUST
SAT THERE SPEECHLESS. FOR HE HAD GONE PARACHUTING THAT
SUNDAY AND IT WAS THE FIRST HE HAD TRIED IT.
KAYE DIDN'T SAY WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT, JUST THAT
HE WENT HOME AGHAST AND AMAZED.
TO THIS DAY, KAYE STILL WONDERS ABOUT THAT INCIDENT AT
THE BAR. HE HOLDS THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE STRANGEST
THINGS HE HAS EVER SEEN.
Submitter comment:
TO THIS DAY, KAYE HASN'T GOT OVER HIS MEETING WITH THAT
QUIET LADY IN THE BAR. SHE DIDN'T MAKE ONE MISTAKE
IN TELLING HIM ABOUT HIMSELF, HE SAID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-15-1971
CLAIRVOYANT
ONE NIGHT, A FEW MONTHS AGO, AFTER FINISHING WORK AT VALENTE'S, KAYE MUNDT AND MARTY RAPP WENT TO A
NEAR-BY BAR TO HAVE A BEER OR TWO. AFTER A WHILE,
MARTY GOT TO TALKING WITH TWO WOMEN WHO WERE SITTING
NEAR THEM. SOMETIME LATER, MARTY DECIDED IT WAS TIME
FOR HIM TO GO, AND LEFT KAYE TO FINISH THE CONVERSATION,
WHICH HE DID.
KAYE NOTICED THAT ONE WOMAN DID MOST OF THE TALKING,
WHILE THE OTHER REMAINED, FOR THE MOST PART, QUIET
AND RESERVED. SO HE ASKED WHY.
THE TALKATIVE WOMAN SAID THAT HER FRIEND WAS A
CLAIRBOYANT AND ASKED IF KAYE WANTED A DEMONSTRATION.
KAYE SAID HE WAS GAME, SO THE LADY GOT STARTED.
FIRST, SHE ASKED HIM HIS NAME. FROM THAT SHE TOLD HIM
THINGS ABOUT HIMSELF THAT AS KAYE PUT IT, "I DON'T
EVEN TELL PEOPLE THESE THINGS."
KAYE WAS AMAZED BY THIS, BUT HE FIGURED HE WOULD TEST HER
ONE LAST TIME, SO HE ASKED WHAT HE DID THE SUNDAY BEFORE.
THE LADY THOUGHT A MINUTE AND REPLIED THAT SHE SAW HIM
FALLING. HE HAD DONE SOMETHING HE HAD NEVER DONE
BEFORE AND SOMETHING MOST MEN WOULD NOT DO. KAYE JUST
SAT THERE SPEECHLESS. FOR HE HAD GONE PARACHUTING THAT
SUNDAY AND IT WAS THE FIRST HE HAD TRIED IT.
KAYE DIDN'T SAY WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT, JUST THAT
HE WENT HOME AGHAST AND AMAZED.
TO THIS DAY, KAYE STILL WONDERS ABOUT THAT INCIDENT AT
THE BAR. HE HOLDS THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE STRANGEST
THINGS HE HAS EVER SEEN.
Submitter comment:
TO THIS DAY, KAYE HASN'T GOT OVER HIS MEETING WITH THAT
QUIET LADY IN THE BAR. SHE DIDN'T MAKE ONE MISTAKE
IN TELLING HIM ABOUT HIMSELF, HE SAID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-15-1971
GOBLIN BELIEF
IN THE SEWERS, UNDER VALENTE'S MENS FORMAL WEAR INC., IN DETROIT,
THERE LIVES 'MAX,' A MALEVOLENT CREATURE OF UNDETERMINANT FORM.
HE IS, THOUGH, KNOWN TO HAVE LONG ARMS AND GRASPING FINGERS WHICH
HE PUTS TO VARIED AND VILE USES. MOST OF THE ACCIDENTS AND
CALAMITIES ARE ATTRIBUTED TO HIM.
Submitter comment:
NO ONE AT VALENTE'S REALLY BELIEVES IN MAX. WE ALL JUST
ACKNOWLEDGE HIS EXISTENCE AS SOMETHING OF A PRIVATE JOKE OR GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
GAME, POPE PUFF
WHILE HOLDING A DRINK WITH ONE FINGER AND THUMB THE PLAYER MUST
RECITE: HERE'S TO POPE PUFF WHO IS WITH US FOR THE FIRST TIME
TONIGHT.AFTER SAYING THIS THE PLAYER MUST TAKE ONE DRINK FROM THE
GLASS.HE MUST THEN TAP THE GLASS ONCE ON THE TABLE.THE PLAYER MUST DO
A SERIES OF TAPS WHICH GOES AS FOLLOWS.WITH ONE FINGER OF EACH HAND
HE MUST TAP THE TOP OF THE TABLE, THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLE AND ONCE ON
EACH THIGH.HE MUST THEN TAP EACH FOOT ONCE ON THE FLOOR FOLLOWED BY
STANDING UP AND SITTING BACK DOWN IN HIS CHAIR.THE PLAYER MUST THEN
PICK UP THE GLASS WITH TWO FINGERS AND THUMB AND RECITE:HERE'S TO
POPE PUFF PUFF WHO IS WITH US FOR THE SECOND TIME TONIGHT.UPON
COMPLETION THE PLAYER TAKES TWO DRINKS AND TAPS THE GLASS TWICE ON
THE TABLE.THE FINGER TAPPING IS REPEATED BUT TWO FINGERS WITH TWO
TAPS FROM EACH IS REQUIRED.EACH FOOT IS TAPPED TWICE AND THE PLAYER
STANDS UP AND SITS BACK DOWN TWICE.UPON COMPLETION THE PLAYER PICKS
UP HIS GLASS WITH THREE FINGERS AND THUMB AND RECITES:HERE'S TO POPE
PUFF PUFF PUFF WHO IS WITH US FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL TIME THIS
EVENING
THE PLAYER MUST NOW TAKE THREE DRINKS FROM THE GLASS MAKING SURE TO
COMPLETLY FINISH THE REMAINING CONTENTS.HE MUST NOW TAP THE GLASS
THREE TIMES ON THE TABLE AND FOLLOW WITH THE FINGER TAPS USING THREE
FINGERS ON EACH HAND.THREE TAPS WITH EACH FOOT IS GIVEN FOLLOWED BY
STANDING UP AND SITTING DOWN THREE TIMES.AFTER COMPLETING ALL THIS,
THE PLAYER MUST TURN HIS GLASS UP-SIDE-DOWN ON THE TABLE AND THEN
BACK TO THE NORMAL POSITION WHILE SAYING, ONCE A POPE ALWAYS A POPE
AM I A POPE?ALL THE PLAYERS IN THE GAME NOW INSPECT THE TABLE FOR
LIQUID THAT MAY HAVE BEEN LEFT IN THE GLASS.IF ANY IS FOUND THE
PLAYER MUST REPEAT THE ENTIRE CHANT.ALSO IF A MISTAKE IS MADE
ANYWHERE ALONG THE WAY, THE PLAYER MUST REFILL HIS GLASS AND START
AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING.
Submitter comment:
THIS GAME IS USUALLY PLAYED WITH A NUMBER OF PLAYERS WHOOSE GLASSES
ARE FILLED WITH AN ALCHOLIC BEVERAGE. COMPLETING THE CHANT THE FIRST
TIME
IS VERY RARE AND THE PLAYERS USUALLY ALL END UP INTOXICATED.IF YOU
THINK PLAYING THE GAME IS DIFFICULT, YOU SHOULD TRY KEYPUNCHING IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Memory |
LUCK
THE THIRD PERSON TO LIGHT A CIGARETTE FROM THE
SAME MATCH WILL DIE IN A WHORE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Flint
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
IF YOU'RE TELLING A LIE, CROSS YOUR FINGERS BEFORE YOU
SAY IT AND IT WON'T BE A LIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
Date learned: 11-29-1969
A LIBYAN BELIEF
FOR THE ARAB PEOPLES, THE SIGN OF THE GREATEST INSULT
IS TO BE SHOWN THE SOLES OF ANOTHER'S SHOES. FOR AN
EXAMPLE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL NOT TO CROSS THEIR LEGS EITH THEIR SHOW
SOLES SHOWING. THIS IS BECAUSE, FOR THE ARABS, THE
SOLE OF A SHOE IS THE LOWEST THING BECAUSE IT
TOUCHES THE GROUND, WHICH IS REGARDED AS THE LOWEST
DIRTIEST AND MOST DISGUSTING THING.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: 11-29-1969