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NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
EVERYONE STANDS IN A CIRCLE. THE PERSON WHO IS IT
IS IN THE MIDDLE WITH THE BALL. EVERYONE CROSSES
THEIR ARMS. IT THROWS THE BALL TO SOMEONE AND
THEY MUST CATCH IT AND THROW IT BACK. IT MAY,
HOWEVER, FAKE THROWING THE BALL TO SOMEONE. IF THAT
PERSON OPENS THEIR ARMS OR FAILS TO CATCH THE BALL,
DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, HE IS OUT. THE LAST
ONE TO MISS GETS TO BE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NERVOUS WRECK
THIS IS A CHILDREN'S GAME. THE CHILDREN FORM A CIRCLE.
THERE IS A CHILD IN THE MIDDLE WHO HAS A BALL.
EACH OF THE CHILDREN CROSSES HIS ARMS. THE PERSON
IN THE MIDDLE EITHER FAKES OR THROWS THE BALL TO ONE
OF THE CHILDREN IN THE CIRCLE. IF THE CHILD DOESN'T
CATCH THE BALL WHEN IT IS THROWN OR TRIES TO CATCH THE
BALL WHEN THE PERSON IN THE CENTER DOESN'T THROW IT,
THAT CHILD IS OUT.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED IT FROM THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT IN
LINCOLN PARK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 04-06-1967
BALL GAME
THIS GAME WAS PLAYED WITH A RUBBER BALL. EACH TIME
A NUMBER WAS SPOKEN, THE BALL WAS BOUNCED. AFTER
THREE, YOU WOULD SAY "O'LARRY" AS YOU WOULD AFTER SIX
AND NINE TOO. WHEN YOU SAID "O'LARRY" YOU WOULD ALSO
BRING YOUR LEG UP OVER THE BALL. WHEN YOU GOT TO TEN,
YOU WOULD SAY "TEN O'LARRY OH," BOUNCE THE BALL AND
BEGIN AGAIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
PASS THE BALL
THE OBJECT OF THIS GAME IS TO AVOID BEING THE ONE WHO
IS HOLDING THE BALL WHEN THE RHYME IS FINISHED.
THE CHILDREN STAND IN A RING TOSSING THE BALL AS
SOON AS IT IS CAUGHT. AT THE SAME TIME THEY CHANT:
THE MAGIC BALL GOES ROUND AND ROUND,
PASS IT QUICKLY YOU ARE BOUND.
AND IF YOU'RE THE ONE
TO HAVE IT LAST,
THE GAME IS OVER
AND YOU ARE OUT!
THE GAME CONTINUES UNTIL ALL BUT ONE CHILD IS OUT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRADE SCHOOL FRIENDS IN PITTSBURGH.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
PEGI-MOVE-UP
THE GAME IS USUALLY PLAYED WITH THREE PEOPLE. ONE
PLAYER IS AT BAT, ONE IS THE PITCHER AND THE OTHER
PLAYS THE FIELD. PITCHER'S HANDS IS OUT. AFTER
THE BATTER GETS THREE OUTS, THEN HE PLAYS THE FIELD,
THE FIELDER PITCHES AND THE PITCHER BATS. EACH
PLAYER KEEPS HIS OWN SCORE. OTHERWISE, THE SAME RULES
OF BASEBALL APPLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-30-1970
PIG OR COW
THIS IS A BASKETBALL GAME. THE PLAYERS CHOOSE A
SHOOTING ORDER TO START THE GAME. THE FIRST MAN TAKES
ANY KIND OF SHOT HE WANTS TO. IF HE MAKES IT, THE
SECOND MAN MUST DO THE EXACT SAME SHOT. IF HE MISSES,
THEN THE SECOND MAN CAN MAKE ANY SHOT HE WANTS. ONCE
A SHOT IS MADE, THE PLAYERS KEEP SHOOTING IN SEQUENCE
UNTIL SOMEONE MISSES. THE PERSON WHO MISSES IS THEN
GIVEN A LETTER OF AN ANIMAL. I.E., COW. IF THE PERSON
MISSES THREE SHOTS AND GETS THREE LETTERS, C-O-W, THEN
HE IS OUT OF THE GAME. YOU KEEP SHOOTING UNTIL ONLY
ONE PLAYER IS LEFT. HE IS THE WINNER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HIS FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
RUNNING BASES
YOU WOULD ESTABLISH TWO AREAS AS FIRST AND SECOND
BASE, A DETERMINED DISTANCE APART. SOMEONE WOULD
RUN BETWEEN THE BASES WHILE TWO PEOPLE, ONE
STATIONED AT EACH BASE, WOULD THROW THE BALL BACK AND
FORTH TRYING TO TAG OUT THE RUNNER, AS IN BASEBALL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT PLAYED THIS GAME AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
SCRUB
SCRUB IS A FORM OF BASEBALL THAT YOU PLAY WHEN YOU
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS FOR A TEAM. ONE KID IS
THE PITCHER AND ONE IS THE FIELDER. EACH OF THE
OTHER KIDS BATS UNTIL HE HITS SOMETHING. THEN IT
IS UP TO THE PITCHER OR FIELDER TO TAG HIM OUT.
THIS GOES ON UNTIL THERE ARE THREE OUTS AND THEN A NEW
PITCHER AND FIELDER ARE CHOSEN.
Submitter comment: PLAYED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND 1960.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-20-1970 ; 00-00-1960
SEVEN UP
THIS GAME IS PLAYED WITH TWO OR MORE PEOPLE AGAINST THE
SIDE OF THE HOUSE. THERE ARE SEVEN MOVEMENTS WITH
THE BALL. FIRST, YOU THROW THE BALL INTO THE AIR
SEVEN TIMES AND CATCH IT SEVEN TIMES. THEN THROW
THE BALL AGAINST THE HOUSE, LET IT BOUNCE ONCE, AND
CATCH IT SIX TIMES. NEXT DRIBBLE THE BALL FIVE TIMES.
THEN BOUNCE THE BALL ONCE AND TAP IT WITH YOUR HAND
AGAINST THE WALL; THIS IS REPEATED A TOTAL OF FOUR
TIMES. THEN COMES THREES, YOU TAKE THE BALL, THROW
IT UP AGAINST THE WALL, SPIN AROUND, ON THE BOUNCE
DRIBBLE THREE TIMES, TAP IT AGAINST THE WALL AND THEN
CATCH IT. FOR TWOS, YOU THROW THE BALL AGAINST
THE WALL, TAP IT AGAIN AGAINST THE WALL AND THEN CATCH
IT. FINALLY, FOR ONE, YOU THROW THE BALL UP, SPIN
AROUND, AND THEN CATCH IT. THIS WHOLE PROCESS IS
REPEATED THIS CATCHING THE BALL WITH JUST THE RIGHT
HAND, THEN THE LEFT HAND, THEN YOU DOUBLE THE STEPS
AND TRIPLE THEM. THE END OF THE GAME COMES WHEN
AFTER ALL THIS, YOU GO BACK BACKWARDS.
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED IT WHEN I WAS IN THE LATTER GRADES OF
GRADE SCHOOL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
SLAUGHTER PONG
THE GAME IS A COMBINATION OF SLAUGHTER-BALL, HAND-BALL
AND PING-PONG. IT AROSE WHEN SOME FELLOWS FOUND
THEMSELVES WITH A PING-PONG PADDLE AND BALL, A HAND-
BALL GLOVE AND NO GAME ROOM. USING A HALL WITH ALL
DOORS SHUT, THE TWO PLAYERS GOT ON OPPOSITE ENDS OF
THE HALL AND PROCEEDED TO TRY TO HAVE THE PING-PONG
BALL HIT THE BACK WALL ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE
HALL. THE BALL MAY REBOUND OFF THE FLOOR, WALLS
OR CEILING. THE PLAYER GAINS A POINT EACH TIME THE
PING-PONG BALL TOUCHES THE OPPOSITE REAR WALL. THE BALL
IS DEAD IF IT ROLLS ON THE FLOOR AND MUST THEN BE SERVED
BY THE PERSON WHOSE SIDE IT HAS ROLLED ON. THE SERVE
IS LIKE THAT OF A HANDBALL SERVE. THE GAME GOES UNTIL
A NUMBER OF POINTS (SPECIFIED BEFORE THE GAME--USUALLY
25 OR 50) HAS BEEN SCORED BY ONE OF THE PLAYERS. THE
PLAYER WHO BREAKS THE PING-PONG BALL (NORMALLY 4 TO 6
ARE LOST IN A GAME) LOSES A POINT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS ATTENDING A SEMINARY WHICH HAS HANDBALL
COURTS AND PING-PONG TABLE. HE SAYS SEVERAL OTHER
SECONDHAND GAMES HAVE ARISEN THROUGH LACK OF EQUIP-
MENT BUT CANNOT THINK OF ANY SPECIFICALLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
STREET BASEBALL
THIS IS BASEBALL PLAYED IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE THAT
IS DIFFERENT FROM LEAGUE RULES ONLY IN A FEW
INSTANCES. THE BASES ARE FORMED IN THE SPACE OF
TWO STREET SQUARES. IT IS INDICATED IN THE
DIAGRAM (ON BACK OF 5 X 8 CARD). THE BALL IS EITHER
A HARD BALL, A RUBBER BALL, OR A WHIFFLE BALL.
IF YOU HIT THE CURB, YOU ARE AWARDED A GROUND-RULE
DOUBLE. IF THE BALL ROLLS UNDER A CAR, YOU GET A
GROUND-RULE DOUBLE. THE PITCHERS MOUND WAS OUT
FOR FIRST BASE, AND IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
MEN TO RUN THE BASES, YOU WERE AWARDED "INVISIBLE MEN"
WHO ADVANCED THE SAME NUMBER OF BASES AS THE MAN
BEHIND THEM DID.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
STREET BASKETBALL
THE WAY WE PLAY STREET BASKETBALL IS THAT AFTER A
BASKET IS SCORED, THE TEAM WHICH SCORED GETS TO
TAKE THE BALL OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
STREET BASKETBALL
AFTER A BASKET IS MADE IN STREET BASKETBALL, THE
TEAM WHICH HAS JUST BEEN SCORED AGAINST GETS
THE BALL OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-05-1970
TOSS BALL
THROW BALL INTO THE BASKET IN THE MIDDLE OF A CIRCLE
WITHOUT IT BOUNCING OUT.
Submitter comment: SAW CHILDREN IN SCHOOL DOING IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 12-05-1966
TWO MAN PICKLE
THIS IS A BALL GAME PLAYED WITH TWO CATCHERS AND ANY
NUMBER OF RUNNERS. THE TWO CATCHERS STAND BY
'BASES' AND THROW THE BALL TO EACH OTHER WHILE THE
RUNNERS, WHO ARE ON BASE, TRY TO RUN TO THE OTHER
BASE. THERE CAN BE MORE THAN ONE PERSON TO A BASE.
TO GET TO THE OTHER BASE, THE RUNNER WAITS UNTIL THE
MAN WHO IS CATCHING AT THE BASE HE WISHES TO RUN TO,
HAS JUST THROWN THE BALL. THE RUNNER TAKES OFF FOR
THE OTHER BASE AND TRIES TO TAG IT BEFORE THE OTHER
CATCHER GETS THE BALL AND THROWS IT BACK. IF HE DOES
THROW IT BACK AND THE CATCHER TAGS HIM WITH IT BEFORE
HE GETS TO BASE, HE IS OUT AND MUST TAKE THE CATCHER'S
PLACE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-00-1967