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AT THE SOUND OF FIRE TRUCKS, IT IS CUSTOMARY TO MAKE
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AND PRAY FOR THOSE IN THE
FIRE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT'S VERY BAD LUCK TO PLAY PIANO WHILE SOMEONE IN
THE HOUSE IS ILL, BECAUSE THIS MAY HASTEN THEIR
DEATH.
James Callow Keyword(s): MUSIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
WHEN SALT IS SPILLED, SOME OF IT MUST BE TOSSED
OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER.
Submitter comment: TO AVERT BAD LUCK, SAYS COLLECTOR.
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITIN DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IF YOU GET MARRIED ON A CLOUDY OR RAINY DAY,
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Superstition about good weather BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IT'S BAD LUCK TO KILL A LADYBUG.
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
NEVER OPEN YOUR UMBRELLA INSIDE THE HOUSE. IT
MEANS BAD LUCK.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PUT A HAT ON THE BED.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Keyword(s): Bed ; BELIEF ; CLOTHING ; Fashion ; Hat ; LUCK ; Placement ; PREDICTION ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
BREAKING A MIRROR MEANS SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK.
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO GET MARRIED AS THE BIG HAND OF THE
CLOCK GOES UP AND BAD LUCK TO GET MARRIED AS THE
HANDS GO DOWN.
Data entry tech comment: LIKE AT 12:00 NOON RATHER THAN 12:15
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Time or day of ceremony BELIEF -- Good luck Activities BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS
THERE SAT ANNIE AS SWEET AS A ROSE
ALONG CAME A BEE AND SAT ON HER NOSE.
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
ROPE-JUMPING RHYME
JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN,
JOHNNY OVER THE SEA.
JOHNNY BROKE A DISH AND BLAMED IT ON ME.
I TOLD MA.
MA TOLD PA.
JOHNNY GOT A LICKIN' AND HA, HA, HA!
(JUMP ROPE RHYME)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
Cincinnati--A Jump Rope Verse
CIN, CIN, CIN
A NICKEL AND A PIN.
A DUTCHY AND A FATTY--
THAT'S THE WAY YOU SPELL -- CINCINNATI.
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
BUCKINGHAM
"BUCK THE KING/AND EAT THE HAM
THAT'S THE WAY YOU SPELL BUCKINGHAM."
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
CHICAGO
A CHICKEN IN A CAR, AND THE CAR CAN'T GO. THAT'S THE WAY TO SPELL
CHICAGO
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C70 C70.560 |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
DUCK, DUCK, GRAY DUCK
ALL CHILDREN (SQUAT POSITION) ARE IN A CIRCLE. ONE
PERSON WALKS ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CIRCLE AND TAPS
EACH ONE ON THE HEAD, SAYING, "DUCK" ON EACH ONE.
WHEN HE HITS A HEAD AND SAYS "GRAY DUCK" THAT PERSON
MUST CHASE THE TAPPER. THE TAPPER MUST GET TO THE
OTHER CHILD'S POSITION IN THE CIRCLE AND SQUAT
BEFORE HE IS CAUGHT. IF HE IS CAUGHT, HE NOW TAKES
THE PLACE OF THE ONE OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE AND THE GAME
CONTINUES.
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR: GRAY ; CONFIGURATION: CIRCLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 00001964-1965
FOX AND GEESE
THIS WAS PLAYED AT ST. STANISLAUS SCHOOL IN 1926-30
IN TOLEDO, OHIO.
IN THE SNOW, A CIRCLE WAS MADE (DIAGRAM ON 5 X 8 CARD).
EVERY PLAYER STOOD AT A QUADRANT. AT A WORD YOU HAD
TO EXCHANGE PLACES. THE IDEA WAS FOR THE ONE IN THE
MIDDLE TO GET IN THE QUADRANT.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER, THE FOOD TO BE EATEN ON
EASTER SUNDAY IS PREPARED. THE TRADITIONAL MEAL IS
HAM, HOME-MADE SAUSAGE, HOME-MADE BREAD AND COFFEE
CAKE, DECORATED HARD BOILED EGGS, AN EASTER LAMB
MADE OF BUTTER, AS WELL AS AN EASTER LAMB CAKE.
A BASKET WITH A PORTION OF EACH OF THESE FOODS IS
PACKED, AND TAKEN TO THE CHURCH TO BE BLESSED BY THE
PARISH PRIEST. THIS IS CALLED "SWIECONKA."
THIS IS DONE IN THE HOPE THAT A FAMILY WILL BE BLESSED
WITH A BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY OF FOOD ALL YEAR.
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 10-27-1968
IRISH NEW YEAR'S EVE
AT MIDNIGHT GUESTS WOULD FATHER, EACH HAVE A PENNY, TAKE
ONE FROM THE PERSON ON THE LEFT AND PASS YOURS TO THE
PERSON ON YOUR RIGHT. THIS MEANS YOU WILL NEVER BE
BROKE THROUGH THE YEAR.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
GERMAN CUSTOM
AT MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, SAUERKRAUT, PEAS AND
HERRING WAS SERVED ON WEDGES OF BREAD OR DRACKERS.
THEY REPRESENT GOOD HEALTH, MANY FRIENDS, AND WEALTH.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
SHIVAREE OR BELLING
CHILDREN AND GROWNUPS WOULD GATHER (FROM SEVERAL MILES
IN ALL DIRECTIONS) OUTSIDE THE HOUSE OF NEWLYWEDS ON
THEIR HONEYMOON NIGHT AND "SHIVAREE" THEM, BEATING ON
TIN PANS AND MAKING OTHER LOUD NOISES. IF THE GANG
WAS EXPECTED THAT EVENING, THE NEWLYWEDS NEVER LIT A
LAMP. THE CROWD DID NOT KNOW FOR SURE IF THEY WERE
HOME AND AFTER SOME TIME OF THIS TERRIBLE NOISE
MAKING, WOULD LEAVE. BUT IF THEY WERE SURE THEY WERE
HOME, THIS NOISE WAS KEPT UP UNTIL THE YOUNG COUPLE GOT
DRESSED AND SERVED THE GANG REFRESHMENTS. THE SHIVAREE
USUALLY TOOK PLACE ABOUT MIDNIGHT.
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage F545.1341 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN