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RED ROVER
THE PLAYERS GET IN TWO LINES FACING EACH OTHER. THEN
EACH TEAM CHANTS:
"RED ROVER, RED ROVER, LET (NAME) COME OVER."
ALTERNATELY. THE PERSON NAMED HAS TO RUN AND
ATTEMPT TO BREAK THROUGH THE LINE OF LINKED ARMS
IN THE OPPOSITE TEAM. IF THE PLAYER SUCCEEDS, HE
CHOSES A MEMBER OF THE OPPOSING TEAM AND RETURNS
TO HIS OWN SIDE. IF HE FAILS, THEN HE REMAINS ON THE
OPPOSING SIDE. THEN IT'S THE OTHER SIDE'S TURN AND
THE GAME CONTINUES UNTIL THERE IS ONLY ONE PERSON
LEFT ON ONE SIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
KING OF THE CASTLE
ANY NUMBER OF CHILDREN BEYOND TWO CAN PLAY THIS GAME.
YOU MUST HAVE A MOUND OF DIRT OR SNOW, AND SOMEONE
WHO WILL START THE GAME BY STANDING ON TOP OF THE
MOUND. HE YELLS OUT A CHALLENGE: "I'M THE KING OF
THE CASTLE AND YOU'RE THE DIRTY RASCALS." EVERYBODY
CHARGES UP THE MOUND AND TRIES TO THROW THE KING OFF
THEN THERE IS A NEW KING AND HE ISSUES THE SAME
CHALLENGE.
Submitter comment:
WE USED TO PLAY IT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY
IN THE WINTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RED ROVER
THIS GAME IS PLAYED WITH TWO TEAMS MADE UP OF THREE
PEOPLE OR MORE. THE TEAMS STAND OPPOSITE EACH OTHER
AND ABOUT 100 FEET APART. ONE TEAM BEGINS BY SAYING:
RED ROVER, RED ROVER, LET (NAME) COME OVER.
THEN THIS TEAM JOIN HANDS AND STAND APART. THE OBJECT
OF THE GAME IS FOR THE CHOSEN PERSON TO RUN OVER AND
BREAK THROUGH THE WEAKEST LINK IN THE CHAIN. IF HE
SUCCEEDS IN BREAKING THROUGH, ONE OF THE CHILDREN
ON THAT TEAM GOES OVER TO THE OTHER TEAM. IF THE
CHOSEN PERSON DOES NOT BREAK THROUGH, THEN HE MUST
JOIN THAT TEAM. THE GAME THEN PROCEEDS WITH THE
OPPOSITE TEAM DOING THE SAME THING, AND EACH TEAM
ALTERNATES AT TAKING THEIR TURNS. THE GAME ENDS
WHEN THERE IS ONLY ONE TEAM (MEMBER LEFT?)
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED THIS FROM THE OLDER CHLDREN IN MY
NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CALL IN PEOPLE
TO CALL IN PEOPLE FROM A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK, THIS
WAS SAID: "HONKO, HONKO, EVERYBODY'S FREE."
Submitter comment: SHE REMEMBERS IT FROM HER CHILDHOOD DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
DUCK ON THE ROCK
YOU PLACE A CAN ON A BRICK. EACH PERSON HAS A CAN,
AND TAKE A TURN THROWING THEIR CAN AT THE CAN
ON THE BRICK.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER PLAYED THIS GAME DURING THE DEPRESSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport |
Date learned: 10-30-1967
HOW MANY MILES TO BETHLEHAM
HOW MANY MILES TO BETHLEHAM?
TWO, FOUR, SIX, EIGHT, TEN.
CAN I GET THERE BY CANDLELIGHT?
YES, COME BACK AGAIN.
THEN OPEN THE GATES AND LET ME THROUGH.
NOW WITHOUT YOUR BAGS AND BOOTS.
HERE ARE MY BAGS, HERE ARE MY BOOTS,
NOW OPEN THE GATES AND LET ME THROUGH.
AT THIS POINT THE PERSON MUST HOP THROUGH AN OPENING
AND GET BY ANOTHER PLAYER WHO IS HOPPING AT THE
SAME TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
THREE FEET ACROSS THE GUTTER
WE PLAYED ACROSS THE STREET. ONE PLAYER WAS "IT"
AND STOOD IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND TOLD OTHER
PLAYERS STANDING ON THE SIDE HOW MANY FOOT STEPS
THEY COULD TAKE IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO REACH THE OTHER
SIDE. ALL PLAYERS COULD TAKE THEIR STEPS TOGETHER
IF THEY WISH. THE OBJECT IS FOR "IT" TO TAG A
PLAYER WHILE IN MOTION, THIS PLAYER THEN HAD TO
STAND ON THE SIDE. ANY PLAYER COULD "STEAL" TO THE
OTHER SIDE, IF HE COULD MAKE IT WITHOUT GETTING
TAGGED, ONCE A PLAYER REACHED THE OTHER SIDE, HE
WAS SAFE. THE FIRST PLAYER CAUGHT IS "IT" NEXT
TIME. THERE WERE DEFINITE BOUNDARY LINES FOR THE
GAME, ANY PLAYER RUNNING OUT OF BOUNDS WAS CONSIDERED
CAUGHT. A VARIATION IS THE PERSON WHO GETS CAUGHT
HELPS "IT." FOR SOME REASON THIS GAME IS ALWAYS
PLAYED AT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 10-10-1969
DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE
THE PARTICIPANTS SIT IN A BIG CIRCLE WITH ONE PERSON
AS THE "GOOSE." THE GOOSE GOES AROUND THE CIRCLE
TAPPING THE PEOPLE ON THE HEAD SAYING "DUCK," UNTIL HE
LABLES ONE "GOOSE." THE NEW GOOSE CHASES THE OLD ONE
AROUND THE CIRCLE ONCE TRYING TO CATCH HIM. THE NEW
GOOSE MUST CATCH THE OLD BEFORE THE OLD REACHES THE
PLACE WHERE THE NEW WAS SITTING, OR THE NEW REMAINS
THE GOOSE AND THE GAME CONTINUES. IF THE OLD IS
CAUGHT, HE IS THE GOOSE AGAIN AND THE GAME CONTINUES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
WHAT TIME IS IT, MR. FOX?
THIS GAME IS PLAYED WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE. ONE
PERSON IS THE FOX. THE OTHERS LINE UP ON ONE SIDE,
AND SAY, "WHAT TIME IS IT, MR. FOX?" HE THEN
ANSWERS WITH A TIME. WHEN HE SAYS 12 O'CLOCK, THEY
ALL RUN TO THE OTHER SIDE AND HE TRIES TO TOUCH
ANYONE THAT GOES BY. IF HE TOUCHES SOMEONE, THAT
PERSON MUST REMAIN IN THAT SPOT. THE GAME CONTINUES
AS BEFORE, EXCEPT NOW THE CAUGHT PEOPLE TRY TO TOUCH
THE RUNNERS WITHOUT MOVING THEIR FEET FROM THE SPOT
THEY ARE FIXED TO. THE FOX IS THE ONLY ONE THAT
CAN MOVE. THE LAST ONE LEFT IS THE WINNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 10-13-1970
MY FATHER OWNS...
THIS IS A GAME WHERE THE PERSON WHO IS IT STARTS
BY SAYING "MY FATHER OWNS A (NAME) STORE AND IN THIS
STORE THERE IS A PARTICULAR ITEM WHICH I AM THINKING
OF AND IT BEGINS WITH THE LETTER ---." IF THEY GUESS
WHAT IT IS, THEY TRY TO BEAT THE "IT" TO A LINE.
THE FIRST ONE TO THE LINE IS THE NEW "IT."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HIS FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
CHASE
THERE ARE TWO TEAMS. ONE TEAM STANDS AROUND A POLE.
THE OTHER TEAM GOES AND HIDES. THE TEAM AROUND THE
POLE COUNTS TO TWENTY AND GOES TO TRY TO FIND THEM.
TO CATCH A GUY, THEY HAVE TO HOLD HIM FOR FIVE
SECONDS. IF THEY CATCH HIM, HE HAS TO STAY AT THE POLE.
IF A PLAYER WHO IS NOT CAUGHT SEES ANYBODY AT THE
POLE HE CAN GO AND FREE HIM BY TAGGING HIM. WHEN
EVERYBODY IS CAUGHT THE TEAMS CHANGE ROLES.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-25-1970
DUCK-DUCK-GOOSE
THE GAME BEGINS WITH THE PLAYERS SITTING DOWN IN A
CIRCLE. ONE PERSON IS CHOSEN AS "IT." "IT" WALKS
AROUND THE CIRCLE TAPPING THE PLAYERS ON THE HEAD AND
HE SAYS "DUCK, DUCK" UNTIL HE DECIDES TO TAP A PLAYER
AND SAY "GOOSE." THIS PLAYER THEN HAS TO TRY TO
CATCH "IT." IF "IT" RUNS AROUND THE CIRCLE TWICE
AND IS ABLE TO SIT DOWN IN THE EMPTY SPACE, THEN
THE PLAYER THAT HE CHOSE IS "IT." IF "IT" GETS
TAGGED, THEN HE REMAINS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW ; ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 12-02-1970
DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE
THIS IS A VARIANT OF "DUCK, DUCK, GRAY DUCK." ALL
CHILDREN ARE IN A CIRCLE IN SQUAT POSITION. ONE
PERSON WALKS OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE AND TAPS EACH ONE ON
THE HEAD SAYING, "DUCK." WHEN HE TAPS A HEAD AND SAYS
"GOOSE" THAT PERSON MUST CHASE HIM BEFORE HE
REACHES THE ORIGINAL PLACE OF THE OTHER PLAYER.
IF HE IS CAUGHT, HE NOW TAKES THE PLACE OF THE ONE
OUTSIDE AND THE GAME CONTINUES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE
PEOPLE ASSEMBLE IN A CIRCLE. ONE PERSON REMAINS
IN THE CENTER. THIS PERSON GOES AROUND TAPPING
EACH PERSON ON THE HEAD. HE SAYS "DUCK" AS HE TAPS
EACH ONE. HOWEVER, WHEN HE TAPS ONE AND SAYS "GOOSE,"
THIS DESIGNATED PERSON MUST CHASE HIM. THE OBJECT
IS TO GET TO THE CHOSEN ONE'S PLACE BEFORE HE TAGS
YOU. IF YOU DO, THE "GOOSE" IS NOW IN THE MIDDLE.
IF HE TAGS, HOWEVER, IT'S BACK IN THE MIDDLE FOR YOU.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
A GAME WE PLAYED AS SMALL CHILDREN WAS CALLED DUCK,
DUCK, GOOSE. THE CHILDREN WOULD SIT ON A LAWN IN A
CIRCLE AND ONE PERSON WOULD GO AROUND AND TOUCH EACH
ONE ON THE HEAD AND SAY "DUCK." IF HE SAID "GOOSE"
THAT PERSON WOULD GET UP AND TRY TO CATCH THE PERSON
WHO TOUCHED HIM. IF THE PERSON WHO SAID "GOOSE"
WOULD RUN AROUND THE CIRCLE OF CHILDREN AND SIT DOWN
IN THE PERSON'S PLACE HE TOUCHED, WITHOUT BEING
CAUGHT, HE WAS SAFE. IF NOT, HE WOULD GO TO THE
MIDDLE OF THE CIRCLE AND WAIT OUT THE GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-15-1969
DUCK, DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE
ALL PLAYERS SIT IN A CIRCLE. ONE PERSON IS "IT"
AND GOES AROUND TO EACH PLAYER, TAPPING HIM ON THE
HEAD AND SAYING "DUCK." CHOOSING ONE PLAYER,
THE PERSON WHO IS IT WILL TAP HIM ON THE HEAD
AND SAY "GOOSE," AND THIS PERSON MUST CHASE "IT"
AROUND THE CIRCLE AND TRY TO CATCH HIM BEFORE HE CAN
REACH THE "GOOSE'S" PLACE AND SIT DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): CHASING GAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
TAPPY ON THE ICEBOX
EVERYONE STANDS IN LINE IN FRONT OF "IT." THE PERSON
WHO IS IT TAPS EVERYONE ON THE HEAD, SAYING,
"TAPPY ON THE ICEBOX, ONE, TWO, THREE. DON'T YOU
LAUGH, DON'T YOU SMILE, DON'T YOU SHOW YOUR DIRTY
TEETH." THE PERSON TAPPED ON THE WORD TEETH MUST
CHASE "IT" WHILE EVERYONE ELSE CHASES HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
CASHE CASHE
THIS GAME IS THE FRENCH VERSION OF THE GAME OF TAG.
THE CHILDREN DIVIDE INTO TWO GROUS. GROUP ONE GOES
OUT AND HIDES WHILE GROUP TWO COUNTS TO A CERTAIN
NUMBER. THEN GROUP TWO TRIES TO FIND THE MEMBERS
OF GROUP ONE AND TAGS THEM. GROUP TWO WINS WHEN
ALL THE MEMBERS OF GROUP ONE ARE TAGGED. THEN GROUP
ONE IS THE SEARCHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
GRAY DUCK
CIRCLE FORMATION. THE CHILD WHO IS "IT" WALKS
AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE CIRCLE. THE CHILDREN HE
TAPS (TO THEM) HE SAYS "DUCK, DUCK, GRAY DUCK."
WHEN HE TOUCHES THE CHILD AND SAYS "GRAY DUCK" HE
STARTS TO RUN AND THE CHILD TAGGED FOLLOWS, TRYING
TO CATCH HIM. IF THE CAUGHT CHILD DOES NOT GET
BACK TO HIS SPOT IN THE CIRCLE IN TIME, HE MUST
SQUAT LIKE A DUCK IN THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE AND
THE GAME CONTINUES TILL ALL THE DUCKS ARE SQUATTING.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM KINDERGARDEN CHILDREN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR: GRAY ; CONFIGURATION: CIRCLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia |
Date learned: 12-05-1966
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT
AFTER DARK, CHILDREN GATHER AROUND A STREET LIGHT.
"IT" COUNTS WHILE CHILDREN HIDE. AFTER COUNTING
TO SPECIFIED NUMBER, HE BEGINS LOOKING FOR PLAYERS
SAYING "STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT, HOPE TO SEE A
GHOST TONIGHT. ONE O'CLOCK, HE IS NOT HERE, TWO
O'CLOCK, HE IS NOT HERE, ETC." UNTIL A CHILD IS
SPIED WITH "HE IS HERE." A RACE TO THE STARTING
POINT ENSUES. IF "IT" TAPS THE PLAYER BEFORE REACHING
THE STREET LIGHT, HE IS IT AND THE GAME BEGINS.
IF NOT, HE KEEPS LOOKING FOR PLAYERS AS IN "HIDE
AND SEEK."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MINNESOTA
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN