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PROVERB
TRANSLATION: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
POLISH: JAKI AJCIEC TOKI SYN.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS IT FROM POLAND.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
IN A GAME OF TAG OR HIDE AND SEEK, "IT" CLOSES HIS EYES
AND COUNTS TO A CERTAIN NUMBER. WHEN HE REACHES IT,
HE YELLS OUT:
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY, HOLLER I.
Submitter comment:
IF SOMEONE ISN'T READY, HE WILL COUNT AGAIN. THEN HE
SAYS, "READY OR NOT, HERE I COME."
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
ONE TO BEGIN,
TWO TO SHOW,
THREE TO MAKE READY,
AND FOUR TO GO.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RING A ROUND THE ROSES, POCKET FULL O POSIES,
ASHES, ASHES, WE ALL FALL DOWN.
Submitter comment: SUNG
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.523 |
ONE DAY AS I WAS WALKING
I HEARD MY BOYFRIEND TALKING
TO A PRETTY LITTLE GIRL
WITH STRAWBERRY CURLS
AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID:
MY MOTHER GAVE ME PEACHES,
MY MOTHER GAVE ME PEARS,
MY MOTHER GAVE ME FIFTY CENTS
AND KICKED ME DOWN THE STAIRS.
Submitter comment:
ACCOMPANIED BY CLAPPING
THIS VERSE IS TO BE SUNG WHILE CLAPPING HANDS TOGETHER AND
CLAPPING THEM ON YOUR LAP.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A GAME MY WIFE LEARNED AND PLAYED WITH OUR CHILDREN
IN THEIR NEONATAL DAYS:
FOREHEAD KNOCKER, (FOREHEAD)
EYE WINKER (ONE EYE)
TOM TINKER (OTHER EYE)
NOSE DROPPER (NOSE)
MOUTH EATER (MOUTH)
CHIN CHOPPER (CHIN)
AND A CHUKKA CHUK CHUK. (TICKLING STOMACHE)
Submitter comment:
WHILE RECITING, THE SPEAKER TOUCHES THE INDICATED FACE AND
BODY PARTS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM, IN MY SHOE,
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM, OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment: ELIMINATION. PUT ONE OR TWO FEET IN CIRCLE, ONE LEFT IS IT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POEM AND GESTURES
IN GRADE SCHOOL WE LEARNED THIS POEM FROM THE OTHER
CHILDREN ALONG WITH THE GESTURES:
THESE ARE MOTHER'S KNIVES AND FORKS--FINGERS EXTENDED
UPWARDS, HANDS BACKWARDS (BACK TO BACK)
THIS IS FATHER'S TABLE--FOLD HANDS AT KNUCKLES, TO FORM
A TABLE LIKE SURFACE.
THIS IS SISTER'S LOOKING GLASS--LIFT INDEX FINGERS AND HAVE
THEM TOUCH AT THE TIPS.
AND THIS IS BABY'S CRADLE--DO LIKEWISE WITH BABY FINGERS, ROCK
HANDS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GAME VERSE
MOTOR BOAT, MOTOR BOAT, GO SO SLOW,
MOTOR BOAT, MOTOR BOAT, GO SO FAST,
MOTOR BOAT, MOTOR BOAT, STEP ON THE GAS.
Submitter comment:
TO BE RECITED OR CHANTED WITH EVERYONE IN A CIRCLE WITH
HANDS JOINED. TO THE FIRST LINE EVERYONE WALKS AROUND IN
THE CIRCLE SLOWLY, THEY WALK FASTER TO THE SECOND LINE,
AND AT THE END OF THE THIRD, EVERYONE RUNS UNTIL SOMEONE
ACCIDENTALLY BREAKS THE CIRCLE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.520 |
HIDE AND SEEK
TO BE SAID BY THE PERSON WHO IS "IT" IN HIDE AND SEEK:
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY, HOLLER I.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COUNTING OUT
A BEE, A BEE, A BUMBLE BEE,
STUNG A MAN UPON THE KNEE,
STUNG A PIG UPON THE SNOUT,
I'LL BE DOGGED IF YOU AIN'T OUT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
COUNTING OUT
ENY, MENY, MINI, MO
CATCH A CHINAMAN BY THE TOE,
IF HE HOLLERS, LET HIM GO,
EENY, MENY, MINI, MO.
O-U-T AND OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment: FROM MY FATHER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR.
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, OR.
OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment: FROM CHILDHOOD
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ENGINE, ENGINE, NUMBER NINE,
GOIN' DOWN CHICAGO LINE,
ONE GOES EAST, ONE GOES WEST,
ONE GOES IN THE COO-COO NEXT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
TO CHOOSE "IT" THE CHILDREN PUT THEIR FEET INTO A CIRCLE.
THEN ONE PERSON POINTS TO ONE FOOT ON EACH WORD AS HE SAYS:
EENIE, MEENIE, MINIE, MOE,
CATCH A MONKEY BY HE TOE.
IF HE HOLLERS, LET HIM GO.
MY MOTHER SAYS TO CHOOSE THE VERY BEST ONE,
AND O-U-T SPELLS OUT YOU GO.
Submitter comment:
THE PERSON WHOSE FOOT THE CALLER IS POINTING AT ON THE
LAST WORD IS OUT. THE PROCESS IS REPEATED UNTIL ONE
PERSON IS LEFT. HE IS "IT."
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
POLISH PROVERB
TRANSLATION: LET HIM DRINK , LET HIM HIT {BEAT YOU},
AS LONG AS HE IS. (USUALLY ONLY THIS IS SAID)
POLISH: CHOCHBY PIL, CHOCHBY BIL, BYLE BYL.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED IN REFERENCE TO A GIRL WHO WANTS A HUSBAND
VERY BADLY. MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS THIS FROM POLAND
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
TO DETERMINE WHO'S "IT," ALL GET IN A CIRCLE, HOLDING
OUT BOTH FISTS, THUMBS UP. ONE PERSON GOES AROUND
TO EACH WITH HIS FIST CLENCHED, HITTING EACH OF
THEIR FISTS IN ROTATION, CHANTING:
BIDDY, BIBBIDY, SIBIDDY, SAB,
IBIDDY, BIBBIDY, KANOBBO.
THE LAST PLAYER TO HAVE AN OUTSTRETCHED FIST IS"IT,"
MUCH IN THE FASHION OF EENIE-MEANIE, MYNIE....
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
APPLE, PEACHES, PUMPKIN, PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY HOLLER "I"
Submitter comment:
THIS VERSE WAS ALWAYS RECITED JUST BEFORE THE SEARCHER
IN HIDE AND GO SEEK WENT TO FIND THE HIDERS WHEN I WAS
A CHILD
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
WHEN PLAYING HIDE AND GO SEEK, IF YOU ARE TIRED OF TRYING
TO LOOK FOR ANYONE, YOU MAY CALL EVERYONE IN FOR FREE BY
SAYING: "OLLIE, OLLIE, OXEN FREE."
Submitter comment: I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS SAYING ORIGINATED IN ENGLAND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUSH ON THE THROTTLE,
DON'T PULL (DRINK) ON THE BOTTLE.
Submitter comment: A WARNING!
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE CAR ; DRINKING DRUNKENNESS
Date learned: 11-00-1971