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COUNTING OUT
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
ALL GOOD CHILDREN GO TO HEAVEN;
SOME GO UP AND SOME GO DOWN,
AND SOME GO ALL AROUND THE TOWN.
Submitter comment:
A COUNTING RHYME TOLD BY THIS WOMAN'S GRANDMOTHER
ABOUT 1937, IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
THESE LITTLE CHILDREN WENT TO HEAVEN.
ONE FLEW EAST AND ONE FLEW WEST,
AND ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEXT.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A COUNTING RHYME, TOLD BY THIS WOMAN'S
GRANDMOTHER IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ABOUT 1937.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: OHIO ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; LIMA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
WHEN MOVING, THE BREAKING OF GLASSWARE, EVEN JUST A
SINGLE PIECE, IS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
ALSO TOLD BY THIS PERSON'S GRANDMOTHER, WHO WAS OF
POLISH-GERMAN DESCENT, THE SAYING WAS BELIEVED.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Eating utensils |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
GOOD LUCK
IF YOU PUT A PENNY IN A PURSE AND GIVE THE PURSE AS A GIFT,
THE PERSON RECEIVING THE GIFT WILL BECOME RICH.
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
GIFT SUPERSTITION
WHEN GIVING A GIFT WITH A SHARP EDGE, ALWAYS INCLUDE A COIN
SO THE FRIENDSHIP WON'T BE CUT.
Submitter comment: THAT SAME DAY I RECEIVED A PURSE WITH A PENNY IN IT.
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
GIFT SUPERSTITION
WHEN GIVING A GIFT WITH A SHARP EDGE, SUCH AS A KNIFE OR
LETTER-OPENER, ALWAYS INCLUDE A COIN
SO THE FRIENDSHIP WON'T BE CUT.
Submitter comment:
THESE CUSTOMS WERE RELATED WITH SKEPTICISM, BUT I RECEIVED A
PURSE AS A GIFT (WITH PENNY INCLUDED}) ON THE SAME DAY.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
IF YOU EAT NO BEANS ON CHRISTMAS DAY, YOU WILL BECOME AN ASS.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO HER BY A NEGRO COOK WORKING FOR THEM DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
THE COOK'S MOTHER ALWAYS MADE EACH MEMBER EAT A HELPING OF BEANS ON
CHRISTMAS TO PRESERVE THEM FROM THIS FATE.
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Single dishes |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
IF A CHILD CRIES CONSTANTLY, ITS MOTHER WAS HUNGRY DURING PREGNANCY
FOR SOMETHING SHE NEVER GOT.
Keyword(s): FOOD EATING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 03-03-1968
THE WAYS YOUR SHOES WEAR OUT INDICATE YOUR SPENDING HABITS:
WEAR AT THE TOE, SPEND AS YOU GO.
WEAR AT THE HEEL, SPEND A GOOD DEAL.
WEAR AT THE BALL, SPEND ALL.
WEAR AT THE SIDE, A RICH MAN'S BRIDE.
Submitter comment: A SAYING FROM HER MOTHER, REMEMBERED FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.860 |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
ACCA, BACCA, SODA CRACKER. ACCA, BACCA, BOO, MY FATHER CHEWS TOBACKER
OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A JUMP ROPE RHYME USED BY 6 YEAR OLDS IN LEMA, OHIO.
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
ONE, TWO, THREE,
MOTHER CAUGHT A FLEA;
FLEA DIED
AND MOTHER CRIED.
ONE, TWO, THREE
Submitter comment: ANOTHER JUMP-ROPE RHYME OF 6 YEAR OLDS.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
MOVING INTO A NEW HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY OR FRIDAY WILL
BRING BAD LUCK OR MUCH SICKNESS.
Submitter comment:
I WAS TOLD THIS WHEN MOVING TO DETROIT; THE TELLER
WAS ALSO CAUTIONED LIKE THIS BY HER GRANDMOTHER
WHO REALLY BELIEVED IT.
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
IF A NEAR RELATIVE IS LATE AT A FUNERAL, IT IS A SIGN
THAT THERE WILL SOON BE ANOTHER DEATH.
Submitter comment:
BELIEVED BY THIS PERSON'S MOTHER, WHO WAS GENUINELY
WORRIED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A SECOND DEATH IN
THE FAMILY WHEN HER BROTHER WAS LATE TO HIS UNCLE'S
FUNERAL.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
GOOD LUCK
WHEN GIVING A PURSE OR WALLET AS A GIFT, ALWAYS INCLUDE A PENNY
SO THE PERSON WON'T GO BROKE.
WHEN GIVING A GIFT WITH A SHARP EDGE, SUCH AS A KNIFE OR A LETTER-OPENER, ALWAYS INCLUDE A COIN SO THE FRIENDSHIP WON'T BE CUT.
Submitter comment:
These customs were telated with skepticism, but I receivedf a purse as a gift (with a penny included!) on the very same day.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
James Callow comment:
Re: Collector Comment: [I am glad you are including this kind of information.]
Where learned: OHIO ; LIMA ; Keller, Margaret ; 654 Northern
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; COIN ; Cut ; FRIENDSHIP ; GIFT ; MONEY ; Relationship ; Sharp ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
Acca, Bucca
Acker, backer, soda cracker
Acker, backer, boo
My father chews tobacker
Out goes you
Submitter comment:
This is a jump-rope rhyme used by 6 year olds in Lima, Ohio.
Where learned: Lima, Ohia
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |