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GAME VERSE
"ULI ULI JANKO:" KNEEL DOWN ON YOUR KNEE, REST
YOURSELF ON YOUR HIPS, CATCH YOURSELF BY YOUR BRAIDS, WASH YOURSELF
AND COMB YOURSELF. WHOEVER YOU LOVE THAT ONE TAKE.
Submitter comment:
FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS OF THE RHYME.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN POLAND.
THIS IS TRANSLATED FROM POLISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; POLAND ; Sterling Heights ; GOWARCZOW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.520 |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
GAME VERSE
CLAP, CLAP YOUR LITTLE HANDS. WE ARE RIDING TO GRANDMOTHER AND
FROM GRANDMOTHER TO GRANDFATHER FOR SOME RED APPLES.
Submitter comment:
CLAP THE CHILD'S HANDS WHILE SAYING THIS.
THIS IS TRANSLATED FROM POLISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse Food Drink -- Plant food |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
LULLABY
NOW THE MOON SLEEPS AND THE STARS ARE SLEEPING. THEY TIRED
MY LITTLE DOLL. CLOSE YOUR LITTLE EYES AND LAY DOWN YOUR
LITTLE HEAD AND I WILL TELL YOU A TALE. THERE WAS A KING,
THERE WAS A "PAZ" , AND THERE WAS ALSO A QUEEN.
THEY LIVED IN THE MIDDLE OF A ROSE GARDEN, DID NOT KNOW STORMY
WEATHER, AND EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT IT.
THEN A TERRIBLE LOSS, A SUDDEN DEATH, CAME UPON THEM.
THE KING WAS EATEN BY THE DOG, THE "PAZ" WAS
EATEN BY THE CAT, THE QUEEN, THE MOUSE HAD EATEN. BUT SO THAT
YOU WILL NOT BE SAD MY DEAREST LITTLE DOLL, FROM SUGAR WAS MADE
THE KING, FROM CHOCOLATE THE "PAZ", AND THE QUEEN
"Z MARCEPANA."
Submitter comment:
"Z MARCEPANA" IS A TYPE OF CAKE WHICH THE
QUEEN WAS MADE OF.
THE INFORMANT DID NOT KNOW WHAT KIND IT EXACTLY WAS.
THIS IS A TRANSLATION OF THE LULLABY LEARNED IN POLAND.
THIS IS TRANSLATED FROM POLISH
James Callow comment:
MARZIPAN IS A CONFECTION MADE FROM ALMOND PASTE AND
CK[ EGG WHITE AND SUGAR. PAC
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; POLAND ; Sterling Heights ; GOWARCZOW
James Callow Keyword(s): EGG WHITE AND SUGAR. PAC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Cradle song Lullaby |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
GAME VERSE
WALKS THE CHIMNEY UP THE LADDER "FIKMIK"/ AND
HE'S ALREADY STIRRING IN THE CHIMNEY.
PLACE HANDS BACK TO BACK ( LEFT HAND FACING DOWNWARD AND PALM OF
RIGHT HAND FACING UPWARD. CROSS FINGERS ONE BY ONE AND
TWIST ARMS AROUND BUT KEEP FINGERS INTERTWINED SO THAT THE
RIGHT THUMB IS STIRRING IN THE CENTER AND APPEARS TO BE THE
CHIMNEY SWEEPER WORKING.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM POLISH. THIS WAS LEARNED IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; POLAND ; Sterling Heights ; GOWARCZOW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
PENTECOST CELEBRATION
HOMES AND CHURCHES WOULD BE DRESSED GREEN INSIDE AND OUTSIDE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS DONE IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; POLAND ; Sterling Heights ; GOWARCZOW
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Pentecost BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
A BUNDLE OF STRAW WOULD BE PLACED IN THE CORNER OF A ROOM.
A WAFER WOULD LAY ON TOP OF SOME HAY ON THE CENTER OF THE
TABLE.
Submitter comment:
THIS OCCURRED IN POLAND.
THIS OCCURRED ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; POLAND ; Sterling Heights ; GOWARCZOW
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
THE FEAST OF THE LORD'S BODY {CORPUS CHRISTI}
IN MAY OR JUNE ALTARS WERE SET UP OUTSIDE. THEY WERE SET UP
IN THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. A PROCESSION WOULD BE HELD
BY THE VILLAGES WHICH BELONGED TO ONE PARISH.
Submitter comment: THIS HAPPENED IN POLAND. THIS FEAST IS CORPUS CHRISTI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; POLAND ; Sterling Heights ; GOWARCZOW
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTIONS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Summer |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
EASTER CELEBRATIONS
A MAN WOULD INVITE A PRIEST TO VISIT HIS FAMILY AT HOME DURING
EASTER. THE PRIEST WOULD BLESS THE WAFER. THE ORGANIST WOULD
COLLECT HAY, GRAIN, OR MONEY FOR THE CHURCH.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS DONE IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; POLAND ; Sterling Heights ; GOWARCZOW
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Season |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
CHILDREN'S SONG
A SAILOR WENT TO SEA, SEA , SEA TO SEE WHAT HE COULD SEA, SEA, SEA.
BUT ALL THAT HE COULD SEA, SEA, SEA, WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE
DEEP BLUE SEA, SEA, SEA
Submitter comment:
IN PLACE OF THE WORD SEA SUBSTITUTE PROGRESSIVELY KNEE, CHINA,
HONG KONG, AND
HAWAII. THE LAST TIME INSERT ALL THE WORDS. ACTIONS TO
BE DONE:
SEA - SALUTE CHOP-HIT THE INSIDE OF YOUR ARM IN CHOPPING MOTION
KNEE: TOUCH THE KNEE. CHINA: PUSH THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR EYES TO
MAKE THEM APPEAR CHINESE; HAWAII--HULA DANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
NARRATIVE SONGS
MISS SUZY HAD A BABY NAMED TINY TIM. SHE PUT HIM IN THE
BATHTUB TO SEE IF HE COULD SWIM. HE DRANK UP ALL THE WATER,
HE ATE UP ALL THE SOAP, HE TRIED TO SWALLOW UP THE BATHTUB
BUT IT WOULDN'T FIT DOWN HIS THROAT. MISS SUZY CALLED THE
DOCTOR, THE DOCTOR CALLED THE NURSE, THE NURSE CALLED THE
LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE. IN CAME THE DOCTOR, IN CAME
THE NURSE, IN CAME THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
" CHICKEN POX," SAID THE DOCTOR, "FLU,"
SAID THE NURSE, "MEASLES," SAID THE
LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
CHINNY, CHINNY CHINAMAN SITTING ON A FENCE TRYING TO MAKE A
DOLLAR OUT OF EIGHTY-FIVE CENTS. KATHY.
THE JUMPROPE IS MADE OF CONNECTED RUBBERBANDS.
STANDING AT OPPOSITE ENDS WITH THIS, IN EFFECT, LARGE RUBBERBAND
MADE OF CONNECTED RUBBERBANDS AROUND THEIR ANKLES, THE TWO
PEOPLE STRETCH THE LARGE CIRCULAR RUBBERBAND UNTIL IT APPEARS TO
BE TWO PARALLEL LINES. IT IS PLAYED BY PUTTING ONE FOOT
UNDERNEATH THE FIRST BAND AND CROSSING IT OVER THE OTHER ONE.
Submitter comment:
KATHY IS AN EXAMPLE NAME FOR THE PERSON CALLED IN TO JUMP.
I PLAYED THIS GAME, TOO.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT IN AN AREA CLOSE TO HAMTRAMCK, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Sterling Heights ; NEAR HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE FOR LITTLE MARY, CALL IN ALICE TO THE DOOR.
LOOKS LIKE MARY IS HAVING ALL THE FUN, SO WE DON'T NEED MARY
ANYMORE. KICK HER OUT THE DOOR.
Submitter comment:
MARY IS AN EXAMPLE NAME FOR A PERSON ORIGINALLY JUMPING ROPE.
ALICE IS AN EXAMPLE NAME FOR THE PERSON CALLED IN TO JUMP.
I PLAYED JUMP-ROPE TO THIS RHYME, TOO.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT IN AN AREA CLOSE TO HAMTRAMCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Sterling Heights ; NEAR HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
TEDDY BEAR TEDDY BEAR TURN AROUND/
TEDDY BEAR TEDDY BEAR TOUCH THE GROUND/
TEDDY BEAR TEDDY BEAR THAT WILL DO
Submitter comment: THIS WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
COUNTING -OUT RHYMES
TWO FOUR SIX EIGHT/
JOHNNY HAD A LITTLE SNAKE/
THE SNAKE DIED/
JOHNNY CRIED/
TWO FOUR SIX EIGHT
Submitter comment: THIS WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): ENVELOPE STRUCTURE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
COUNTING -OUT RHYMES
MY MOTHER YOUR MOTHER LIVE ACROSS THE STREET/
EAST SIDE WEST SIDE ALLIGATOR STREET/
EACH TIME THEY HAVE A FIGHT/
THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY/
BOYS ARE ROTTEN/ MADE OF DIRTY COTTON/
GIRLS ARE HANDY/ MADE OF SUGAR CANDY/
INKA BINKA SODA CRACKER/
INKA BINKA BOO
INKA BINKA SODA CRACKER/
OUT GOES YOU
Submitter comment: THIS WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
FOOD
PETER WAS MAKING PANCAKES AND HANGING THEM ON THE FENCE
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS ACTUALLY DONE BY HIS MOTHER. SHE MADE HUGE PANCAKES AND
HUNG THEM OUT TO DRY IN THE SUN.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN RUSSIA.
THIS ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RUSSIA ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Food Drink C855.242 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Food Drink C855.247 Food Drink -- Plant food |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
JEST, ANECDOTE
ON THE HOLYDAY OF THE HOLY GHOST A PRIEST SAID TO A MAN,
" WHEN I
SING HOLY GHOST SHOW YOURSELF, LET THE PIGEON OUT FROM
UNDERNEATH YOUR COAT. " THE CHURCH WAS CROWDED THAT
HOLYDAY AND THE PEOPLE BEING SO CLOSE TOGETHER, CHOKED THE BIRD
TO DEATH. THEN LATER WHEN THE PRIEST SANG OUT, " HOLY
GHOST SHOW YOURSELF " , THE MAN SANG BACK, " HE
ISN'T HERE, HE ISN'T HERE; HE CHOKED HIMSELF."
Submitter comment:
THIS IS FUNNY BECAUSE GOD ISN T SUPPOSED TO DIE. THIS WAS LEARNED
IN RUSSIA. THIS ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
James Callow comment:
ANTHROPOMORPHISM ; ANIMAL
DNC[ 1,419
******************** C FILE 1 ********************
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RUSSIA ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTICLERICAL ; PENTECOST
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote BELIEF -- Creator |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
MARRIAGE CUSTOM
A YOUNG MAN AND WOMAN WERE INTRODUCED TO EACH OTHER BY A
"SWAT." HE WAS AN OLDER MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY
(MOST LIKELY A FRIEND OR A NEIGHBOR) WHO SET UP AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE TWO SETS OF PARENTS. THE DATE OF THE MEETING WAS SET
AND THE GIRL PREPARED THE FOOD WHILE THE "SWAT"
BROUGHT THE BOY IN A BUGGY AND ALSO SOME WHISKEY TO
DRINK. THE "SWAT" DID MOST OF THE TALKING
BETWEEN THE COUPLE.
Submitter comment:
AFTER THIS MEETING THE COUPLE WAS CONSIDERED ENGAGED AND
PLANS WERE MADE FOR THE WEDDING.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN RUSSIA.
THIS ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RUSSIA ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Parental arrangement of marriage |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
VERSE IN MARRIAGE CUSTOM
THE WAY THE TOWER IS OVER THE WIFE THAT IS THE WAY THE HUSBAND
SHOULD BE OVER THE WIFE.
Submitter comment:
PEOPLE BELIEVED THIS CENTURIES AGO. EXPRESSION IS NOT USED THAT
FREQUENTLY NOW.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN RUSSIA.
THIS ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RUSSIA ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | 860 Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.533 |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
VERSE IN MARRIAGE CUSTOM
WITCH WITH LONG HAIR DON'T BE AFRAID OF ME.
Submitter comment:
CHILDREN WERE FRIGHTENED ABOUT THE WITCH IN THE WHEAT FIELDS AND
WHEN THE MAN WAS MARRIED HE SAID THIS TO PROVE HIS BRAVERY.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN RUSSIA.
THIS ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
James Callow comment:
INCOMPLETE? ARE KEYPUNCH CARDS MISSING?
CN[ GOUGH, IRENE 700299
C1[ 42449 TESSMER
C2[ STERLING HTS, MICHIGAN 48078
CO[ CHILDREN WERE FRIGHTENED ABOUT THE WITCH IN THE WHEAT FIELDS AND
WHEN THE MAN WAS MARRIED HE SAID THIS TO PROVE HIS BRAVERY.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN RUSSIA.
THIS ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RUSSIA ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | 860 Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.435 |
Date learned: 11-00-1973