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Jump Rope Song

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT (GIRL'S NAME), SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET;
ALONG CAME (BOY'S NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK. HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, . . . (UNTIL SHE MISSES)

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: FALL 00001967

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DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS/
THERE SITS---AS SWEET
AS A ROSE./ ALONG CAME---KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK./
HOW MANY KISSES DID
SHE RECEIVE? (COUNT)

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

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DOWN IN THE VALLEY

DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SITS---AS SWEET
AS A ROSE,/ ALONG COMES ---AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK,/ THAT'S WHAT
YOU GET FOR KISSING FOR A WEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET THAT WEEK?

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

Date learned: 10-00-1969

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GUY WHO HATES HIS JOB

I HATE THIS WORSE THAN A RACOON HATES AN AXE HANDLE.

Submitter comment: ARKANSAS ORIGIN?

Where learned: HOME ; NOT RECORDED

Keyword(s): DISSATISFACTION WITH AN UNPLEASANT JOB

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 10-01-1968

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IF BEAN HULLS ARE THICKER AND CORN HUSKS ARE THICKER THAN USUAL THAN IT GOING TO BE A BAD WINTER.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

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IF A GROUNDHOG SEES HIS SHADOW ON GROUNDHOG DAY, THERE WILL BE SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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IF A SOW STARTS GATHERING LEAVES FOR A BED IT MEANS BAD WEATHER IS COMING.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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GEESE FLYING SOUTH MEANS WINTER IS COMING.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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GEESE FLYING NORTH MEANS SPRING IS COMING.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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SEE A ROBIN IN THE WINTER MEANS SPRING IS COMING.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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COUNT THE NUMBER OF TIMES A CRICKET SINGS IN FIFTEEN SECONDS AND ADD THIRTY-SEVEN TO THIS TO GET THE TEMPERATURE.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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IF IT RAINS THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF THE MONTH, IT WILL RAIN THE REST OF THE MONTH.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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COUNT THE NUMBER OF SECONDS AFTER SEEING LIGHTNING  UNTIL YOU HEAR THUNDER, THAT HOW MANY MILES AWAY THE STORM IS.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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WHEN HAIR ON ANIMALS IS THICKER THAN USUAL, IT WILL BE A BAD WINTER.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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COUNT THE NUMEBR OF FOGS IN AUGUST AND THAT'S THE NUMBER OF SNOWS THERE WILL BE THAT WINTER.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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MORE LEAVES ON TREES, MORE SNOWS THE WINTER WILL HAVE.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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WHEN WASPS BUILD NEST HIGH, IT WILL BE BAD WINTER.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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HOLD A CAT UP AND DROP HIM, HE WILL LAND ON HIS FEET.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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STEP ON A CRACK, BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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IF SWALLOW WATERMELON SEEDS, WATERMELONS WILL GROW IN YOU.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Custom

Date learned: 07-01-1973

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