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CAR-WASHING

WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH YOUR CAR, YOU CAN WASH MINE.

Submitter comment: WHILE WASHING MY CAR, APPROXIMATELY 12 PERSONS IN A 20 MINUTE PERIOD
USED THE ABOVE IN PLACE OF A GREETING.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DORMS ; TOLD IN ; PARKING LOT

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

Date learned: 10-06-1970

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Rope-Jumping Rhyme

CINDERELLA
DRESS IN YELLA
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLA
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GIVE HIM?
1, 2, 3, 4, . . .

 

Submitter comment:

I learned this from my girlfriends in grad school on the school's parking lot.

 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; GRADE SCHOOL ; PARKING LOT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

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JUMP ROPE RHYME

ALL IN TOGETHER GIRLS
JUST LIKE THE WEATHER GIRLS
JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY, JUNE
JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER.
(REPEAT VERSE)

Submitter comment: AN UNLIMITED NUMBER OF GIRLS WOULD PLAY THIS GAME.
ALL THAT WAS NEEDED WAS A LONG CLOTHESLINE.

Where learned: GROSSE POINTE ; PARKING LOT ; SAINT CLARE OF MONTEFALCO SCHOOL

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

Date learned: 00-00-1970

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