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TAUNT
I SEE LONDON,
I SEE FRANCE,
I SEE (NAME OF PERSON)'S UNDERPANTS.
Where learned: OLD NEIGHBORHOOD
Keyword(s): HUMOR TAUNT REPETITION ; PLACE NAMES IMPROPRIETY ; RHYME: MASCULINE, ABB ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
WHO STOLE THE COOKIES?
(A NUMBER--1, 2, 3, ETC.) STOLE THE COOKIES FROM THE COOKIE JAR.
ACCUSED: WHO, ME? ACCUSOR: YES, YOU! ACCUSED: COULDN'T BE!
ANOTHER PERSON: (NUMBER--SOME OTHER NUMBER THAN BEFORE)
STOLE THE COOKIES FROM THE COOKIE JAR.
ACCUSED: WHO, ME? (ETC.)
Submitter comment:
ALL PERSONS HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED NUMBERS, AND THE GAME BEGINS
WITH SOMEONE ACCUSING ANYONE ELSE.
James Callow comment: TO DETERMINE WHO'S IT? COLLECTOR: NO
Where learned: OLD NEIGHBORHOOD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
SUPERSTITION
SING AT TABLE, YOU WILL MARRY A CRAZY MATE.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS
Where learned: NEIGHBORS HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
Butter
Someone picks a yellow dandelion flower and places it under
someone's chin. If their chin showed yellow, they liked butter; if
it did not, they did not like butter. After this was established,
the head of the dandelion was popped off into the person's face.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE ; Neighborhood children
James Callow Keyword(s): DIVINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00001950S
ITCHY FEET
IF THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FEET ITCH YOU WILL SOON BE WALKING ON STRANGE
GROUND OR IN A STRANGE PLACE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT JUST MENTIONED THIS ONE DAY.
Where learned: NEIGHBORS HOME ; MINNESOTA ; GULLY
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
CROSS BREAD BEFORE YOU CUT IT, THUS YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE
FOOD.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: NEIGHBORS
James Callow Keyword(s): SIGN OF THE CROSS?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 10-22-1967
Marco Polo
Game. The game called "Marco Polo" may only be played in a
swimming pool or lake. There can be as few as two participants or
as many as you wish. There is one person designated as "it." This
person must turn and spin under water and emerge above water with
eyes closed. The purpose of this act is to disorient the "it"
person and allow the other participants to seek new spots in the
water. "It" begins shouting "Marco" with the participants
answering, "Polo." The "it" person listens for voices close by and
begins waving his/her arms and moving about trying to seek one of
the participants. All the time "it" is shouting "Marco" and
receiving answers of "Polo." This continues until "it" touches one
of the participants, who then becomes "it." Should one of the
participants ever leave the water, all other participants are to
report this by shouting, "Fish out of water." Should there be a
fish out of water, he/she automatically becomes "it."
Submitter comment:
I inquired as to why anyone would leave the water to become a
"fish out of water" and was informed that it was generally because
the "it" person was very close to tagging them, or they had to go
to the bathroom.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE ; Neighborhood children
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Water Ice Snow |
Date learned: 00001970S
BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD WENT DOWNTOWN,/ BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN,/
DAGWOOD BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES, / AND COOKIE BOUGHT THE DAILY NEWS/
AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAID- "CLOSE YOUR EYES AND COUNT TILL TEN,/
IF YOU MISS, YOU TAKE THE END."
Where learned: NEIGHBORHOOD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
CHARLIE CHAPLIN SAT ON A FENCE
TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR OUT OF FIFTEEN
CENTS.
Where learned: NEIGHBORHOOD
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
Jump Rope Rhymes
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT UPTOWN TO MEET HER FELLOW.
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER?
(COUNT UNTIL THERE IS A MISS)
Submitter comment:
Learned in neighborhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Where learned: NEIGHBORHOOD
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
IT IS A GOOD LUCK OMEN TO TAKE HOME A PIECE OF
WEDDING CAKE AND SLEEP ON IT, IT IS SUPPOSED TO
BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS..
Where learned: NEIGHBORS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-24-1967
THROWING RICE AT WEDDINGS, BRINGS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: NEIGHBORS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Rice BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
CARRYING THE BRIDE OVER THE THRESHOLD, IT IS
SUPPOSED TO BRING GOOD LUCK TO THE BRIDAL COUPLE.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: NEIGHBOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
BLACK CAT WALKS IN FRONT OF YOU, BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: NEIGHBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
TO REMOVE A WART, RUB THE WART WITH A GREEN ELDER STICK, THEN
BURY THE STICK TO ROT. WHEN THE STICK ROTS THE WART WILL
GO AWAY.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER
MY MOTHER YOUR MOTHER LIVES ACROSS THE STREET
1819 BROADWAY STREET
EVERYNIGHT THEY HAVE A FIGHT AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY
ACKRA BACKRA SODA CRACKER, ACKRA, BACKRA BOO
ACKRA BACKRA SODA CRACKER OUT GOES YOU}
Submitter comment:
I WOULD USE THIS JUMP ROPE RHYME WHEN I TOLLD JUMP ROPE IN THE
1950'S9
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17450 BARLOW ; TOLD IN ; NEIGHBORHOOD
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
Ethnic: Yugoslavian
Wedding:
In Yugoslavia, the bride must bring 40 different items with her to prove that she is versatile and can do all these things. If she fails to do this she can't get married.
Submitter comment:
Recounted from Mrs. Benestelli's mother, a neighbor, who just returned home from Yugoslavia.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [F572] crossed out and replaced with current classification.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; 935 FIDELITY DR ; NEIGHBORS HOME ; Marcischak, Mrs Helen ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): Chores ; CUSTOMS ; Domestic ; MARRIAGE ; TEST ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
ROPE SKIPPING RHYME
MARGIE HAD A BABY, NAMED IT TINY TIM,
PUT IT IN THE BATHTUB TO TEACH IT HOW TO SWIM.
THE BABY DRANK A GALLON OF WATER, ATE A CAKE OF SOAP,
MARGIE CALLED THE DOCTOR, BEFORE THE BABY CHOKED.
IN CAME THE DOCTOR, IN CAME THE NURSE,
IN CAME THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
DEAD SAID THE DOCTOR, DEAD SAID THE NURSE,
DEAD SAID THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
OUT WENT THE DOCTOR, OUT WENT THE NURSE,
OUT WENT THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
Submitter comment:
LEARNED IN SUMMER OF 1964 FROM THE CHILDREN OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Neighborhood children
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
Rope Skipping Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS A FELLOW
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
(COUNT UNTIL PERSON MISSES)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Neighborhood children
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: SUMMER 00001964
Rope Skipping Rhyme
I had a little teddy bear, his name was Tiny Tim
I put him the the bathtub to teach him how to swim
He drank up all the water, he ate up the soap
Hed died last night with a bubble in his throat
I called the doctor, I called the nurse,
I called the up the laday with the alligator purse.
Pencillin called the doctor, penicillin said the nurse,
Pencillin said the lady with the alligator purse.
Out went the doctor, out went the nurse,
Out went the lady with the alligator purse.
Where learned: From the children of her neighborhood.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |