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SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL POLICE--PAY YOUR PARKING FINES.

Submitter comment: GRAFFITI FROM A BUMPER STICKER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; 1318 EDMUNDTON DR

Keyword(s): HUMOR MONEY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

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CANDLE CEREMONY

THE GIRLS OF THE SORORITY ALL FORM A CIRCLE. A CANDLE IS PASSED
AROUND FROM GIRL TO GIRL WHILE THEY ARE SINGING THE SISTERHOOD
SONG. EACH TIME THE CANDLE PASSES THE GIRL IT STANDS FOR A
DIFFERENT STAGE. AT THE APPROPRIATE STAGE SHE BLOWS OUT THE CANDLE.
1. LAVALEERED OR PEARLED 2. PINNED 3. ENGAGED 4. MARRIED
5. PREGNANT

Data entry tech comment: LAVALIERE

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; 1318 EDMUNDTON DR

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Engagement

Date learned: 04-00-1971

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BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH,/
HOW MANY BUBBLE GUMS DO YOU WISH? 1, 2,

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 1318 EDMUNDTON DR

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

Date learned: 03-00-1971

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DUMB, DUMB, DO-DO/CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.
I CAN RUN FASTER THAN---CAN.
( THIS IS A CHASE GAME FOR JUMP ROPE. THE PERSON WHO SAYS THE RHYME
WILL JUMP SO MANY TIMES AND JUMP OUT. THE SECOND PERSON WILL JUMP IN
AND JUMP THE SAME NUMBER OF TIMES. CONTINUES UNTIL THE FIRST PERSON
IS CAUGHT OR SOMEONE MISSES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 1318 EDMUNDTON DR

Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME

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

Date learned: 03-01-1971

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FUDGE, FUDGE CALL THE JUDGE./ MAMA'S GOT A NEW BORN BABY.
IT ISN'T A BOY, IT ISN'T A GIRL./ IT'S JUST AN ORDINARY BABY.
WRAP IT UP IN TISSUE PAPER,/ SEND IT DOWN THE ELEVATOR.
FIRST FLOOR-STOP (THE ROPE STOPS)
(ROPE BEGINS) SECOND FLOOR-STOP (ROPE STOPS)
(ROPE BEGINS) THIRD FLOOR, BABY FLOOR, ALL OUT.

Submitter comment: THIS IS FOR A GROUP TO JUMP TO. UPON REACHING "THIRD FLOOR" EVERYONE
MUST JUMP FROM THE TURNING ROPE.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; 1318 EDMUNDTON DR ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME ; CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP

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

Date learned: 03-01-1971

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JUMP-ROPE RHYME

JUMP ALL TOGETHER GIRLS,
JUST LIKE THE WEATHER GIRLS:
JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH APRIL, MAY, JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.

Submitter comment:

AS EACH MONTH IS CALLED, EACH GIRL JUMPS IN FOR THE MONTH OF HER BIRTHDAY. THE RHYME IS REPEATED AND THE GIRLS JUMP OUT IN THE SAME ORDER.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; 1318 EDMUNDTON DR ; informant's home

Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME

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

Date learned: 03-01-1971

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Proverbial Saying

To keep your wife at home: keep her barefoot or keep her pregnant.

Submitter comment:

This saying was especially popular during World War II.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD
Informant and collector share the same surname and residence.

James Callow comment:

Duplicate

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; 1318 EDMUNDTON DR ; informant's home

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; MARRIAGE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Wife

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Jump-Rope Rhyme

DOWN IN THE VALLEY, WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT   (NAME)   AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
ALONG CAME   (NAME)   AND KISSED HER ON THE LIPS.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECIEVE?

THE PERSON JUMPS UNTIL SHE MISSES.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; 1318 EDMUNDTON DR ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: 03-01-1971

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Graffiti

Tinker Bell is a fairy.

 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; 1318 EDMUNDTON DR

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

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Graffiti

Was there an Uncle Jemima?

 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; 1318 EDMUNDTON DR

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

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