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CHILDREN'S SONG
A SAILOR WENT TO SEA, SEA , SEA TO SEE WHAT HE COULD SEA, SEA, SEA.
BUT ALL THAT HE COULD SEA, SEA, SEA, WAS THE BOTTOM OF THE
DEEP BLUE SEA, SEA, SEA
Submitter comment:
IN PLACE OF THE WORD SEA SUBSTITUTE PROGRESSIVELY KNEE, CHINA,
HONG KONG, AND
HAWAII. THE LAST TIME INSERT ALL THE WORDS. ACTIONS TO
BE DONE:
SEA - SALUTE CHOP-HIT THE INSIDE OF YOUR ARM IN CHOPPING MOTION
KNEE: TOUCH THE KNEE. CHINA: PUSH THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR EYES TO
MAKE THEM APPEAR CHINESE; HAWAII--HULA DANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
NARRATIVE SONGS
MISS SUZY HAD A BABY NAMED TINY TIM. SHE PUT HIM IN THE
BATHTUB TO SEE IF HE COULD SWIM. HE DRANK UP ALL THE WATER,
HE ATE UP ALL THE SOAP, HE TRIED TO SWALLOW UP THE BATHTUB
BUT IT WOULDN'T FIT DOWN HIS THROAT. MISS SUZY CALLED THE
DOCTOR, THE DOCTOR CALLED THE NURSE, THE NURSE CALLED THE
LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE. IN CAME THE DOCTOR, IN CAME
THE NURSE, IN CAME THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
" CHICKEN POX," SAID THE DOCTOR, "FLU,"
SAID THE NURSE, "MEASLES," SAID THE
LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
CHINNY, CHINNY CHINAMAN SITTING ON A FENCE TRYING TO MAKE A
DOLLAR OUT OF EIGHTY-FIVE CENTS. KATHY.
THE JUMPROPE IS MADE OF CONNECTED RUBBERBANDS.
STANDING AT OPPOSITE ENDS WITH THIS, IN EFFECT, LARGE RUBBERBAND
MADE OF CONNECTED RUBBERBANDS AROUND THEIR ANKLES, THE TWO
PEOPLE STRETCH THE LARGE CIRCULAR RUBBERBAND UNTIL IT APPEARS TO
BE TWO PARALLEL LINES. IT IS PLAYED BY PUTTING ONE FOOT
UNDERNEATH THE FIRST BAND AND CROSSING IT OVER THE OTHER ONE.
Submitter comment:
KATHY IS AN EXAMPLE NAME FOR THE PERSON CALLED IN TO JUMP.
I PLAYED THIS GAME, TOO.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT IN AN AREA CLOSE TO HAMTRAMCK, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Sterling Heights ; NEAR HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
VOTE, VOTE, VOTE FOR LITTLE MARY, CALL IN ALICE TO THE DOOR.
LOOKS LIKE MARY IS HAVING ALL THE FUN, SO WE DON'T NEED MARY
ANYMORE. KICK HER OUT THE DOOR.
Submitter comment:
MARY IS AN EXAMPLE NAME FOR A PERSON ORIGINALLY JUMPING ROPE.
ALICE IS AN EXAMPLE NAME FOR THE PERSON CALLED IN TO JUMP.
I PLAYED JUMP-ROPE TO THIS RHYME, TOO.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT IN AN AREA CLOSE TO HAMTRAMCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Sterling Heights ; NEAR HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
TEDDY BEAR TEDDY BEAR TURN AROUND/
TEDDY BEAR TEDDY BEAR TOUCH THE GROUND/
TEDDY BEAR TEDDY BEAR THAT WILL DO
Submitter comment: THIS WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
COUNTING -OUT RHYMES
TWO FOUR SIX EIGHT/
JOHNNY HAD A LITTLE SNAKE/
THE SNAKE DIED/
JOHNNY CRIED/
TWO FOUR SIX EIGHT
Submitter comment: THIS WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): ENVELOPE STRUCTURE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
COUNTING -OUT RHYMES
MY MOTHER YOUR MOTHER LIVE ACROSS THE STREET/
EAST SIDE WEST SIDE ALLIGATOR STREET/
EACH TIME THEY HAVE A FIGHT/
THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY/
BOYS ARE ROTTEN/ MADE OF DIRTY COTTON/
GIRLS ARE HANDY/ MADE OF SUGAR CANDY/
INKA BINKA SODA CRACKER/
INKA BINKA BOO
INKA BINKA SODA CRACKER/
OUT GOES YOU
Submitter comment: THIS WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
FOOD
PETER WAS MAKING PANCAKES AND HANGING THEM ON THE FENCE
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS ACTUALLY DONE BY HIS MOTHER. SHE MADE HUGE PANCAKES AND
HUNG THEM OUT TO DRY IN THE SUN.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN RUSSIA.
THIS ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RUSSIA ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Food Drink C855.242 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Food Drink C855.247 Food Drink -- Plant food |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
JEST, ANECDOTE
ON THE HOLYDAY OF THE HOLY GHOST A PRIEST SAID TO A MAN,
" WHEN I
SING HOLY GHOST SHOW YOURSELF, LET THE PIGEON OUT FROM
UNDERNEATH YOUR COAT. " THE CHURCH WAS CROWDED THAT
HOLYDAY AND THE PEOPLE BEING SO CLOSE TOGETHER, CHOKED THE BIRD
TO DEATH. THEN LATER WHEN THE PRIEST SANG OUT, " HOLY
GHOST SHOW YOURSELF " , THE MAN SANG BACK, " HE
ISN'T HERE, HE ISN'T HERE; HE CHOKED HIMSELF."
Submitter comment:
THIS IS FUNNY BECAUSE GOD ISN T SUPPOSED TO DIE. THIS WAS LEARNED
IN RUSSIA. THIS ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
James Callow comment:
ANTHROPOMORPHISM ; ANIMAL
DNC[ 1,419
******************** C FILE 1 ********************
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RUSSIA ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTICLERICAL ; PENTECOST
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote BELIEF -- Creator |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
MARRIAGE CUSTOM
A YOUNG MAN AND WOMAN WERE INTRODUCED TO EACH OTHER BY A
"SWAT." HE WAS AN OLDER MEMBER OF A COMMUNITY
(MOST LIKELY A FRIEND OR A NEIGHBOR) WHO SET UP AN AGREEMENT
BETWEEN THE TWO SETS OF PARENTS. THE DATE OF THE MEETING WAS SET
AND THE GIRL PREPARED THE FOOD WHILE THE "SWAT"
BROUGHT THE BOY IN A BUGGY AND ALSO SOME WHISKEY TO
DRINK. THE "SWAT" DID MOST OF THE TALKING
BETWEEN THE COUPLE.
Submitter comment:
AFTER THIS MEETING THE COUPLE WAS CONSIDERED ENGAGED AND
PLANS WERE MADE FOR THE WEDDING.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN RUSSIA.
THIS ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RUSSIA ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Parental arrangement of marriage |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
VERSE IN MARRIAGE CUSTOM
THE WAY THE TOWER IS OVER THE WIFE THAT IS THE WAY THE HUSBAND
SHOULD BE OVER THE WIFE.
Submitter comment:
PEOPLE BELIEVED THIS CENTURIES AGO. EXPRESSION IS NOT USED THAT
FREQUENTLY NOW.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN RUSSIA.
THIS ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RUSSIA ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | 860 Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.533 |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
VERSE IN MARRIAGE CUSTOM
WITCH WITH LONG HAIR DON'T BE AFRAID OF ME.
Submitter comment:
CHILDREN WERE FRIGHTENED ABOUT THE WITCH IN THE WHEAT FIELDS AND
WHEN THE MAN WAS MARRIED HE SAID THIS TO PROVE HIS BRAVERY.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN RUSSIA.
THIS ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
James Callow comment:
INCOMPLETE? ARE KEYPUNCH CARDS MISSING?
CN[ GOUGH, IRENE 700299
C1[ 42449 TESSMER
C2[ STERLING HTS, MICHIGAN 48078
CO[ CHILDREN WERE FRIGHTENED ABOUT THE WITCH IN THE WHEAT FIELDS AND
WHEN THE MAN WAS MARRIED HE SAID THIS TO PROVE HIS BRAVERY.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN RUSSIA.
THIS ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RUSSIA ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | 860 Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.435 |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
JEST, ANECDOTE
ONCE THERE WAS AN ORTHODOX WOMAN AND A CATHOLIC MAN. THE
HUSBAND WENT OUT IN THE WOODS TO WORK AND THE MOTHER WHO
STAYED AT HOME TOLD THE CHILDREN IF THE CATHOLIC PRIEST SHOULD
COME TO THE DOOR TELL HIM THAT NO ONE IS HOME. ONE DAY THE
PRIEST COMES TO THE DOOR AND ASKS THE CHILDREN, QUOTATION
"WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS?" AND THEY REPLY,
"ONE PARENT WENT OUT TO THE WOODS AND THE OTHER IS HIDING BEHIND
THE OVEN."
Submitter comment:
CHILDREN DON'T KNOW HOW TO LIE. THEY APPEAR INNOCENT COMPARED
TO THE MOTHER.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN RUSSIA.
THIS ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RUSSIA ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
JEST, ANECDOTE
THE HOLY ORTHODOX PRIEST NEVER LOOKED OUTSIDE TO LOOK AT THE
WEATHER. HE WOULD ALWAYS ASK HIS SERVANT TO SEE IF IT WAS
RAINING OR IF IT WAS SUNSHINING. ON THE THIRD DAY THE SERVANT WAS
TIRED OF ANSWERING THE PRIEST AND DECIDED TO TRICK HIM. SO
WHEN THE PRIEST ASKED, " IS IT RAINING OR SHINING?"
HE SAID, "IT IS RAINING"
WHEN IT WAS REALLY SHINING. THE PRIEST AS ALWAYS SAID
" I KNOW AND GOD KNOWS."
THIS TIME, HOWEVER, THE
SERVANT CRIED, " GOD KNOWS BUT YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING."
Submitter comment:
THE ORTHODOX PRIESTS WERE CONSIDERED SO HOLY THAT THEY DID NOT
HAVE TO WORK. SOME PEOPLE CONSIDERED THEM LAZY.
THIS ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN RUSSIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RUSSIA ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
SEVENTH BOOK OF MOSES
STAY AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE SEVENTH BOOK OF MOSES. THESE
PEOPLE PERFORM DEEDS OF WITCHCRAFT. MY GRANDMOTHER KNEW A LADY WHO
POSSESSED THIS BOOK. THE LADY TOLD MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER SHE HAD TO
SAY GOOD BYE TO HER SEWING MACHINE. MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER REFUSED. THE
SEWING MACHINE THEN WALKED WITH HER UNTIL SHE SAID GOOD BYE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Magic Book |
Date learned: 11-15-1973
OMEN
IF YOU DROP A FORK YOU CAN EXPECT COMPANY FOR DINNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-15-1973
OMEN
IF YOU FIND A STRING ON YOUR CLOTHES YOU ARE GOING TO GET A SURPRISE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-15-1973
OMEN
WHEN YOU CROSS A RAILROAD TRACK PUT YOUR HAND ON THE ROOF OF THE CAR
OR YOU WILL LOSE YOUR FRIENDS.
Submitter comment: WHEN ASKED THE MEANING OF THIS SHE HAD NO IDEA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): TRAVEL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-15-1973
RIDDLE
IF IT IS NOT THE COUGH THAT CARRIES YOU OFF, WHAT IS IT?
ANSWER: THE COFFIN THEY CARRY YOU OFF IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle C890.400 |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
WISHING
WHEN YOU WEAR A NECKLACE, IF THE CLASP COMES TO THE FRONT YOU CAN
MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-15-1973