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CHANUKAH
IN THE JEWISH HOLIDAY OF CHANUKAH (FEAST OF LIGHTS)
A CANDLE IS LIT EACH DAY FOR EIGHT CONSECUTIVE DAYS,
AND SMALL GIFTS ARE EXCHANGED EACH DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Winter |
CHINESE FESTIVAL
"CHEUNG CHAU BUN FESTIVAL" IS A RELIGIOUS CARNIVAL ON
THE ISLAND OF CHEUNG CHAU (AN ISLAND A FEW SEA MILES
FROM HONG KONG). IT USUALLY LASTS FOUR DAYS TOWARDS
THE LATTER PART OF THE THIRD MOON, GENERALLY IN EARLY MAY.
THERE WILL BE FLOAT PROCESSIONS, LION DANCES, BRIGHT
LIGHTS AND GAUDY DECORATIONS. THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE
FESTIVAL IS THE "ASSAULT OF THE BUN HILLS." THE
HILLS UP TO SIXTY FEET HIGH ARE BUILT ENTIRELY OUT OF
PINK SUGAR BUNS, THOUSANDS OF THEM.
THESE BUNS ARE BLESSED AND THOSE WHO EAT THEM,
ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN, WILL BE CLEVER AND GROW UP
TALL AND MUSCULAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
CHINESE FESTIVAL
"THE BIRTHDAY OF TIN HAU, WHO IS THE PATRON GODDESS OF
FISHER FOLK, IS HONOURED ON THE 23RD DAY OF THE THIRD
MOON (SPRING). THE FISHERMEN GATHER AT TIN HAU'S
GREAT TEMPLE AND BURN JOSS STICKS AND THE SMALL
PIGS WILL BE ROASTED AND IS OFFERED TO THE GODDESS,
TIN HAU. AFTER THE OFFERINGS, THERE WILL BE LION DANCES
AND THE ROASTED PIGS WILL BE DIVIDED.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THOSE WHO HAVE EATEN THE ROASTED
PIGS THAT HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO TIN HAU, WILL BE BLESSED
BY HER, AND SHE WILL ALSO PROTECT THE FISHERMEN FROM
STORMS AND GRAND THEM PLENTY OF FISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Rituals BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
SUGARING-OFF CUSTOM
THIS CEREMONY TAKES PLACE AT THE END OF THE MAPLE
SYRUP SEASON UP IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN. ALL THE PEOPLE
FROM THE TOWN GATHER AROUND A LARGE BIN OF BOILING
MAPLE SAP. THE CHILDREN TAKE BOWLS FULL OF SNOW AND
POUR THE SYRUP ON IT, WHICH MAKES THE SNOW HARD LIKE
MAPLE CANDY. THE ADULTS BRING MOLDS FROM HOME AND
POUR THE SYRUP INTO THEM. THIS MAKES SUGAR CANDY
FIGURES. THESE ARE SAVED AND STORED FOR THE COMING
YEAR. SONGS ARE SUNG WHILE EVERYONE IS WORKING.
Data entry tech comment:
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA: "THE USUAL MAPLE SYRUP SEASON
KC[ IS MID-JANUARY IN THE MORE SOUTHERN STATES AND ENDS IN
KC[ MID-APRIL IN THE NORTHERN STATES, LASTING FOUR TO SIX
KC[ WEEKS IN EACH PLACE."--KATHY LOESER.
CN[ ALLSTON, JUDY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 09-24-1965
EASTER CELEBRATION
THE COLORING OF EGGS AND PLACING OF THEM IN A
BASKET.
Submitter comment: FAMILY PRACTICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter baskets |
Date learned: 10-25-1967
OBSERVING SILENCE FROM NOON UNTIL 3 P.M., GOOD FRIDAY.
Submitter comment: FAMILY PRACTICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 10-23-1967
CHINESE FESTIVAL
"CHING MING" IS CHINESE EASTER. IT FALLS ON THE FIFTH OR
SIXTH OF APRIL. AT THIS TIME, WE SHALL GO TO TIDY THE
GRAVES OF OUR RELATIVES. WE BRING WITH US SOME PAPER
MONEY (WHICH IS USED IN THE UNDERWORLD), FOOD AND WINE.
THESE THINGS WILL BE BURNT AND OFFERED IN FRONT OF
OUR RELATIVES' GRAVES SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEM IN
THEIR UNDERWORLD, AND IN RETURN THEY WILL PROTECT
AND BRING GOOD TO THEIR LIVING RELATIVES, ESPECIALLY
THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 5 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 6 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
CHINESE JUMPROPE
SWISS CHILDREN HOOK A PIECE OF ELASTIC OVER THREE
POSTS AND THEN DO JUMPING TRICKS BY HOOKING THEIR
LEG IN AND OUT OF IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-04-1972
BUICK
IN BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN IN THE LATE 1950S WE PLAYED
A GAME CALLED "BUICK" (PRONOUNCED AS WE PERCEIVED
A BLACK MAN MIGHT AND NAMED FOR SAME BECAUSE MORE
BLACKS SEEMED TO BUY BUICKS--"DEUCE AND A QUARTERS"
THAN WHITES). YOU WERE A "B" THEN A "BU" ETC.
EACH TIME YOU MISSED THE (TENNIS) BALL COMING OFF
THE (GARAGE) ROOF IN A PREDETERMINED ROTATION OF
PLAYERS. ONCE A B-U-I-C-K YOU WERE OUT OF THE GAME;
THE LAST PLAYER REMAINING WON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 12-00-1971 ; 00001950S
PICK(ING) "IT."
BUBBLE, BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
(PERSON STOP AND SAYS THE NUMBER).
1-5. THEN THE FIRST PERSON SPELLS OR COUNTS OUT
THE NUMBER AND THE PERSON HE ENDS WITH IS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
PICK(ING) "IT."
INK, BINK, A BOTTLE OF INK,
CORK FELL OUT AND YOU STINK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
PICK(ING) "IT."
ENGINE, ENGINE NO. 9
IF THE TRAIN SHOULD JUMP THE TRACKS
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
Y-E-S OR N-O.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
PICK(ING) "IT."
MY MOTHER HIT YOUR MOTHER
RIGHT IN THE NOSE.
WHAT COLOR OF BLOOD DID SHE HAVE?
SAY A COLOR
Submitter comment: WHEREVER IT ENDS IS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
HA! HA!
IN THIS GAME, EVERYONE LIES ON HIS OR HER BACK ON
THE FLOOR, PLACING EACH ONE'S HEAD ON ANOTHER'S
STOMACH. THE PROCEDURE IS USUALLY BOY-GIRL, BOY-
GIRL. ONE PERSON IS BOUND TO START LAUGHING.
EVERYONE TRIES TO BE THE LAST ONE TO LAUGH, BUT
USUALLY IN VAIN. THIS GAME IS USUALLY PLAYED AT
A PARTY WHERE THERE HAS BEEN DRINKING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
PASS THE ASH
A GROUP SITS AROUND IN A CIRCLE AND ONE PERSON
LIGHTS ONE CIGARETTE AND SENDS IT AROUND. ONE BY
ONE, EACH PLAYER TAKES A DRAG, TRYING NOT TO DROP ANY
ASHES. WHOEVER DROPS THE ASH MUST ANSWER ANY QUESTION
ASKED BY THE REMAINING PLAYERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
WHEN TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME:
A--"KNIFES"
B--"FORKS"
A--"SPOONS"
B--"NAPKINS"
A--"NEEDLES"
B "PINS"
THEN THEY HOOK THEIR BABY FINGERS TOGETHER AND EACH
PULLS. THE ONE WHO DOESN'T LET GO GETS HER WISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
CONCENTRATION
EVERYONE GETS A NUMBER. YOU THEN BEGIN TO CLAP.
FIRST SLAP YOUR THIGHS, THEN CLAP, THEN SNAP YOUR
RIGHT FINGERS, THEN YOUR LEFT. YOU SAY "CONCENTRA-
TION, KEEP IN RHYTHM, READY, LET'S GO, LET'S GO,
LET'S GO." THE FIRST PERSON SAYS THEIR NUMBER ON THE
FIRST FINGER SNAP AND SOMEONE ELSE'S NUMBER ON THE
SECOND SNAP. THAT PERSON MUST RESPOND WITH THEIR
NUMBER AND SOMEONE ELSE'S IN RHYTHM. IF YOU MISS,
YOU'RE OUT. THE LAST ONE TO MISS WINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DUCK, DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE
ALL PLAYERS SIT IN A CIRCLE. ONE PERSON IS "IT"
AND GOES AROUND TO EACH PLAYER, TAPPING HIM ON THE
HEAD AND SAYING "DUCK." CHOOSING ONE PLAYER,
THE PERSON WHO IS IT WILL TAP HIM ON THE HEAD
AND SAY "GOOSE," AND THIS PERSON MUST CHASE "IT"
AROUND THE CIRCLE AND TRY TO CATCH HIM BEFORE HE CAN
REACH THE "GOOSE'S" PLACE AND SIT DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): CHASING GAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
TAPPY ON THE ICEBOX
EVERYONE STANDS IN LINE IN FRONT OF "IT." THE PERSON
WHO IS IT TAPS EVERYONE ON THE HEAD, SAYING,
"TAPPY ON THE ICEBOX, ONE, TWO, THREE. DON'T YOU
LAUGH, DON'T YOU SMILE, DON'T YOU SHOW YOUR DIRTY
TEETH." THE PERSON TAPPED ON THE WORD TEETH MUST
CHASE "IT" WHILE EVERYONE ELSE CHASES HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
TAY TARA TOOSSAY OR
EVERYONE SITS IN A CIRCLE. EACH PERSON HAS A SHOE, STICK
OR GLASS OR REASONABLE FACSIMILE. YOU SING THIS SONG:
TAY TARA TOSSAY OR,
TAY TARA TOSSAY OR,
TARA, TOSSA, TARA TOSSAY ORIUM,
KAY OGYZUM, KAY OGYZUM,
KAY ZIGGY, ZIGGY ZOOM.
ON EVERY SYLLABLE, YOU PASS THE OBJECT TO YOUR RIGHT
AND PICK UP THE ONE PASSED TO YOU ON YOUR LEFT.
WHEN YOU GET TO "ZIGGY, ZIGGY" INSTEAD OF PASSING,
YOU TOUCH IT TO THE RIGHT, THEN TO THE LEFT AND
FINALLY PASS IT ON THE WORD "ZOOM." IF YOU BREAK THE
RHYTHM, YOU ARE OUT. THE GAME CONTINUES UNTIL THERE
IS ONLY THE WINNER LEFT. DONE PROPERLY, THIS TAKES
ON A RITUALISTIC EFFECT.
Submitter comment:
MY SISTER LEARNED THIS AT CYO CAMP FOR GIRLS, CARSONVILLE,
MICHIGAN IN 1966.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; CYO CAMP ; CARSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1966