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PRACTICAL JOKE
ONE PRANK IS TO FILL A PERSON'S ROOM WITH SMOKE BY PLACING THE
STEM OF A LIT PIPE THROUGH THE KEYHOLE, AND BLOWING INTO THE BOWL.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS COLLECTED BY THE INFORMANT IN THE
FRESHMEN DORMS OF AMHERST COLLEGE IN AMHERST,
MASSACHUSETTS; IT WAS COLLECTED BY ME IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: Massachusetts ; AMHERST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 00001979-80 ; 03-00-1980
PRACTICAL JOKE
ONE DESTRUCTIVE PRANK IS TO GAIN ENTRANCE TO A PERSON'S ROOM
WHILE HE IS OUT AND TO SPREAD VASELINE ON HIS BEDSHEETS.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS COLLECTED BY THE INFORMANT IN THE
FRESHMEN DORMS OF AMHERST COLLEGE IN AMHERST,
MASSACHUSETTS; IT WAS COLLECTED BY ME IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: Massachusetts ; AMHERST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 00001979-80 ; 03-00-1980
PRACTICAL JOKE (PIMP)
MAKE A PAPER CUP AND PUT SHAVING CREAM IN IT. STICK THE TOP END
UNDER A DOOR AND STEP ON THE CUP. THE SHAVING CREAM WILL
GO SQUIRTING INTO THE ROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; EAST LANSING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
PRACTICAL JOKE (PIMP)
THE GIRLS FLOOR GETS TOGETHER AND GOES OVER TO THE GUYS FLOOR AND
KIDNAPS ONE OF THE GUYS ON THE FLOOR. THEY LEAVE A RANSOM NOTE
THAT SAYS: RANSOM IS SET AT ONE KEG OF BEER. THEN A PARTY IS HELD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; EAST LANSING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
PRACTICAL JOKE
TELEPHONES IN THE DORMS OF AMHERST COLLEGE HAVE REMOVABLE CORDS
BETWEEN THE RECEIVER AND THE REST OF THE PHONE; REMOVAL OF THE
CORD STILL ALLOWS THE PHONE TO RING. A COMMON PRANK IS TO
REMOVE THE CORD, THEN MAKE A CALL TO THAT PHONE.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS COLLECTED BY THE INFORMANT IN THE
FRESHMEN DORMS OF AMHERST COLLEGE IN AMHERST,
MASSACHUSETTS; IT WAS COLLECTED BY ME IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: Massachusetts ; AMHERST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 00001979-80 ; 03-00-1980
MYSTERIOUS LIGHT
JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, IN A
SMALL VILLAGE CALLED SHIELDS, THERE IS A LEGEND OF THE
DISAPPEARING LIGHT. THE STORY GOES THAT OUTSIDE OF
SHIELDS CITY LIMITS, IN THE FORESTS THERE IS A LIGHT
WHICH APPEARS FROM A SMALL HILL IRREGULARLY. NO ONE TO
THIS DAY HAS BEEN ABLE TO ISOLATE WHERE THE LIGHT IS
COMING FROM OR WHO CAUSES IT. PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY HIGH
SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN, HAVE TRIED TO FIND THE SOURCE, AND
COME SO FAR AS TO CAPTURE IT BETWEEN TWO CARS. WHEN
THE CARS CREPT TOGETHER, HOWEVER, THE LIGHT DISAPPEARED
AND BOTH CARS HAD ELECTRICAL SHORTAGES. EVEN PROFESSIONAL
ELECTRICIANS HAVE COMBED THE COUNTRYSIDE BUT TO NO GOOD
SO FAR. PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF SAGINAW STILL
TRAVEL OUT ON THE HOPE OF SEEING THE MYSTERIOUS LIGHT.
Submitter comment:
THIS LEGEND WAS TOLD TO ME AT ST. STEPHEN HIGH SCHOOL,
SAGINAW, MICHIGAN, BY SEVERAL DIFFERENT INFORMANTS
IN 1969.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW ; SAINT STEPHEN HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): PHANTOM LIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Legend |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
HAUNTED HOUSE
CHAIR ROCKING BY ITSELF.
Submitter comment:
ANOTHER AUNT HAD MOVED TO AN OLDER HOME ON DETROIT 'S EAST SIDE.
THIS TIME A GHOST OR SPIRIT WOULD OCCUPY A CERTAIN ROCKING CHAIR
WHICH WOULD ROCK BY ITSELF, THERE WOULD BE NO DOORS OR WINDOWS TO
CAUSE THE CHAIR TO ROCK. AGAIN A PREIST WAS CALLED TO BLESS THE
HOUSE TO GET RID OF THE SPIRIT.
EXORCISM
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-00-0019
PROVERBIAL
...I FEEL AS IF I'D BEEN DRAWN THROUGH A KNOTHOLE...
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 49684 ; 240 WASHINGTON ST
Keyword(s): FATIGUE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-29-1970
Jump-Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
RAN UPSTAIRS TO KISS A FELLA
ON THE WAY, HER GIRDLE BUSTED
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DISGUSTED?
1,2,3, . . .
Submitter comment:
LEARNED THIS FROM 3 LITTLE GIRLS ABOUT 6 OR 7 WHO CAME INTO THE STORE WHERE I WORK.
Where learned: THE STORE WHERE I WORK
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-17-1969
FUDGE, FUDGE CALL THE JUDGE, / MA'S GONNA HAVE A BABY./ IT'S NOT A
GIRL, IT'S NOT A BOY,/ IT'S JUST AN ORDINARY BABY./ WRAP IT UP IN
TISSUE PAPER/ AND SEND IT UP THE ELEVATOR. 1,2,3, ETC.
Where learned: SAINT STANISLAUS HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-03-1967
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN, JOHNNY OVER THE SEA,
JOHNNY BROKE A MILK BOTTLE AND BLAMED IT ON ME.
I TOLD MA. MA TOLD PA.
HOW MANY LICKENS DID HE RECEIVE?
(JUMP UNTIL YOU MISS, COUNTING BY ONES HIS "LICKENS".)
Where learned: ST. HILARYS GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1971
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN
JOHNNY OVER THE SEA
JOHNNY BROKE THE TEAPOT
AND BLAMED IT ON ME
I TOLD MA
MA TOLD PA
JOHNNY GOT A LICKIN'
AND A HA, HA, HA!
Submitter comment:
Informant learned from 3 little girls about 6 or 7 who came into the store where she worked.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: store where informant worked ; little girls
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-17-1969
HOLIDAY CUSTOM
IT IS AN ITALIAN CUSTOM NEVER TO EAT MEAT ON CHRISTMAS EVE, BUT
TO EAT MANY VARIETIES OF FISH AND THIN SPIGETTI (SPAGHETTI) WITH
OLIVE OIL AND FISH SAUCE.
Submitter comment:
THIS CUSTOM GOES BACK TO SOUTHERN ITALY WHERE THE INFORMANT'S
PARENTS CAME FROM AND WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HER MOTHER.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NEW YORK ; 42 SANDS ST ; PORT CHESTER
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday ; Italian ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas |
Date learned: 11-28-1970
ADVENT CUSTOM
IN HER FAMILY, AT THE BEGINNING OF ADVENT THEY EACH OFFER UP
SOMETHING TO THE CHRIST CHILD. ON CHRISTMAS EVE, THEY WRITE DOWN
WHAT THEY OFFERED UP AND PUT IT IN A BOX AND WRAP IT UP AND PUT IT IN
THE MANGER SO THAT ON CHRISTMAS DAY CHRIST WOULD ALSO RECIEVE
PRESENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST 210
Date learned: 03-00-1971
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS A FELLOW. 1,2,3, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ST. STANISLAUS HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-03-1967
JUMP ROPE RHYME
(NAME) TWO BY FOUR,
COULDN'T FIT THRU THE BATHROOM DOOR.
DID SOME ON THE BATHROOM FLOOR,
LICKED IT UP AND IID SOME MORE.
LICKED IT UP AND DID SOME MORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST 201
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
ON EASTER, IF THE FIRST WORD YOU SAY IS RABBIT, THE REST OF THE
YEAR WILL BE GOOD.
Where learned: HOME ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, ASSUMED ; STUDENT UNION ; 25300
Keyword(s): LUCK ; RITUAL SPEECH
Date learned: 03-30-1971
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
MAMA'S GOT A NEW BORN BABY.
CALL THE DOCTOR CALL THE NURSE.
CALL THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
FIRST FLOOR STOP, SECOND FLOOR MISS.
THIRD FLOOR, BABY FLOOR, JUMP UNTIL YOU MISS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16925 STOEPEL
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-31-1968
MUSTARD, SMEARED ON THE CHEST, THEN COVERED WITH HOT TOWELS
WILL RELIEVE THE SYMPTOMS OF A COMMON COLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GLADSTONE ; UPPER PENINSULA
| Subject headings: | -- |
DUMMY DUMMY DO DO / DUMMY DUMMY DEE/ I CHOOSE ---- TO CHASE AFTER ME.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT DOES PRATICE IT NOW AT HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
IN LIVONIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5678 TARNOW ST ; 48210 ; TOLD AT GRANDMOTHERS HOME
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-07-1971