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DRINKING JOKE
ALL OF US WERE AT THE BAR. I KNOW THERE WERE FIVE OF US DRINKING.
LET'S SEE: THE TWO MC CARTHYS WERE ONE, YOU WERE TWO, I WAS THREE,
O'BRIEN WAS FOUR, I KNOW THERE WERE FIVE DRINKS IN EVERY ROUND SO
WHO WAS THE FIFTH GUY? LET'S GO OVER IT AGAIN. THE TWO MC CARTHYS
WERE ONE, YOU WERE TWO, I WAS THREE, O'BRIEN WAS FOUR, I KNOW
THERE WERE FIVE DRINKS IN EVERY ROUND SO WHO WAS THE FIFTH GUY?
LET'S GO OVER IT AGAIN...........
Where learned: FLORIDA ; KEY BISCAYNE
James Callow Keyword(s): STUPIDITY: COUNTING TWO AS ONE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
JUMP ROPE RHYME
FUDGE FUDGE FUDGE
BOOM BOOM BOOM
WE ARE CALLING ON THE JUDGE
BOOM BOOM BOOM
MAMMA HAD A NEWBORN BABY
NOT A GIRL, BOOM
NOT A BOY, BOOM
JUST AN ORDINARY BABY, BOOM
WRAP HIM UP IN TISSUE
SEND HIM DOWN THE ESCALATOR
FIRST FLOOR SPLITS, BOOM BOOM BOOM
SECOND FLOOR SPLITS, BOOM BOOM BOOM
THIRD FLOOR SPLITS, BOOM BOOM BOOM
FORTH FLOOR SPLITS, BOOM BOOM BOOM, ETC.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT SHE USED TO SING THIS ON THE STREETS OF
PHILADELPHIA WHEN SHE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
JOKE
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE BANKER WHO COULD NO LONGER RIDE A BIKE
BECAUSE HE LOST HIS BALANCE?
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCOUNTING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 00-00-1983
ONE I LOVE
MY FRIENDS HAVE ALL FELL OUT WITH ME
BECAUSE I KEEP YOUR COMPANY
BUT LET THEM SAY
WHAT 'ERE THEY WILL
CAUSE I LOVE MY LOVE WITH MY FREE WILL
ONE I LOVE, TWO HE LOVES, THREE HE'S BEEN GOOD TO ME
Submitter comment: BALLAD PERFORMED ON APPALACHIAN DULCIMER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WATERFORD
Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
ONE I LOVE
ONE I LOVE,
TWO, I LOVE.
THREE, I LOVE.
FOUR, I LOVE WITH ALL MY HEART.
FIVE, I CAST AWAY.
SIX, HE LOVES.
SEVEN, SHE LOVES.
EIGHT, THEY BOTH DO LOVE.
NINE, HE COMES.
TEN, HE TARRIES.
ELEVEN, HE COURTS.
TWELVE, HE MARRIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1942
ONE TWO BUCKLE MY SHOE. THREE FOUR SHUT THE DOOR. FIVE SIX PICK
UP STICK. SEVEN EIGHT LAY THEM STRAIGHT. NINE TEN A BIG FAT
HEN.
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1987
MISS SUZI HAD A TUG BOAT, THE TUG BOAT HAD A BELL.
MISS SUZI WENT TO HEAVEN, THE TUG BOAT WENT TO
HELL-O OPERATOR, PLEASE GIVE ME NUMBER NINE, AND
IF YOU DISCONNECT ME, I'LL KICK YOU RIGHT BEHIND
THE 'FRIGERATOR, THERE LAID A PIECE OF GLASS,
MISS SUZI FELL UPON IT AND BROKE HER LITTLE
AS-K ME NO MORE QUESTIONS, PLEASE TELL ME NO MORE
LIES, MISS SUZI TOLD ME ALL OF THIS THE DAY BEFORE SHE
DIED HER HAIR ALL PURPLE, SHE DYED HER HAIR ALL RED,
SHE DYED HER HAIR ALL POLKA DOTS AND IT ALL RAN DOWN
THE SINK, GLUG, GLUG, GLUG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): HAND GAME OR JUMPING COUNTING GAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime C500.560 |
Date learned: 09-00-1988
My younger brother and I would say this to each other
if one could get the other to look at something that
really wasn't there:
"Made you look, you dirty crook,
You stole your mother's pocket book.
You turned it in, you turned it out,
You turned it into sauerkraut."
Then the one who made the other look would say,
"You one'd it."
The other would say,
"You two'd it."
We would go back and forth saying
"You three'd it."
"You four'd it."
"You five'd it."
"You six'd it."
"You seven'd it."
Finally, the one to get in the last word says'
"You eight (ate) it."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Kenmore
James Callow Keyword(s): CHAIN ; COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00001973 ca.
Cake candles resisting "blow out" are years until wish comes
true.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
Down in the Valley
Down in the valley where the green grass grows,
There sat Susie as sweet as a rose.
She sang, she sang, she sang so sweet,
Along came Tommy and kissed her on the cheek.
How many kisses did she receive?
1-2-3-4-till you miss.
Submitter comment: This game is played when you are jump roping.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
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
GHOST IN THE GRAVEYARD
ONE CHILD WAS THE GHOST AND THE OTHERS WERE VISITORS
TO THE GRAVEYARD. THE VISITORS WOULD GATHER AROUND
ONE SPOT WHILE THE GHOST WENT OUT TO HIDE. THE
VISITORS WOULD CHANT "ONE O'CLOCK, HE ISN'T HERE, TWO
O'CLOCK, HE ISN'T HERE...TWELVE O'CLOCK, HE'S ON HIS
WAY." AT THIS POINT, THE GHOST JUMPPED OUT OF HIDING
AND CHASED THE VISITORS. THE ONE THAT WAS CAUGHT
BECAME THE NEW FOX. (GHOST?) THIS GAME WAS USUALLY
PLAYED AFTER DARK.
Submitter comment: VARIATION: WHAT TIME IS IT, MR. FOX?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
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
GAME FOR TRAVELING: YOU WOULD COUNT AS YOU RODE. ALL
ANIMALS COUNTED ONE, BUT A WHITE HORSE COUNTED FIVE.
YOU DIDN'T COUNT POULTRY AS THEY WERE TOO HARD TO SEE.
SOMETIMES, A KID WOULD FIND OUT WHERE ONE WAS AND
ALWAYS SIT ON THAT SIDE. THE HIGHEST POINT COLLECTOR
GOT A PRIZE AT THE END OF THE TRIP.
Submitter comment: PPLAYED AS A BOY IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; OMAHA ; NEBRASKA
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHO WOULD KICK OFF OR RECEIVE
THE BALL IN THE BEGINNING OF NEIGHBORHOOD FOOTBALL
GAMES, THE TWO CAPTAINS WOULD TURN THEIR BACKS AND
ANOTHER WOULD SPIN THE FOOTBALL BEHIND THEIR
BACKS. THE CAPTAIN WOULD HAVE TO GUESS IF THE
LACINGS WERE FACE UP OR NOT SHOWING. HENCE,
THE NAME OF THE GAME, "STRINGS, NO STRINGS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING OUT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
Entertainment: Game
A method children use to select teams or "it" is for everyone to hold out both fists and someone counts off on each fist"one-potato, two-potato, three-potato, four. Five-potato, six-potato, seven-potato more." The first fist on which "more" lands must be put behind back. The winner (or loser) can either be the first or last person to have both fists behind his back.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Choose ; COUNTING ; Elimination ; Entertainment ; Fists ; GAME ; POTATO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
I WENT UPTOWN TO SEE MISS BROWN;
SHE GAVE ME A NICKLE TO BUY A PICKLE,
THE PICKLE WAS SOUR SO I BOUGHT A FLOWER,
THE FLOWER WAS RED SO I BOUGHT SOME THREAD,
THE THREAD WAS THIN SO I BOUGHT A PIN,.
THE PIN WAS SHARP, SO I BOUGHT A HARP.
AND ON THIS HARP I PLAYED:
I LOVE COFFEE,
I LOVE TEA,
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE STACKED ON ME?
ONE, TWO, THREE...
Data entry tech comment: PUNCTUATION ADDED BY STUDENT EDITOR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING ; STAIRCASE PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT SUSIE AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET;
ALONG CAME JIM AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY TIMES DID HE KISS HER?
ONE, TWO, THREE,...
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT TO TOWN TO MAIL A LETTER.
ON THE WAY BACK
SHE MET HER FELLOW.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?
ONE, TWO, THREE...
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
CHARLIE CHAPLIN SAT ON A PIN.
HOW MANY INCHES DID IT GO IN?
ONE, TWO, THREE,...
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; CHARLIE CHAPLIN, MOVIE STAR ; COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
'LO, SIR; 'LO, SIR,
MEET ME AT THE GROCER.
NO, SIR. WHY, SIR?
BECAUSE I HAVE A COLD, SIR.
WHERE'D YOU GET THE COLD, SIR?
AT THE NORTH POLE, SIR.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING THERE, SIR?
CATCHING POLAR BEARS, SIR.
HOW MANY DID YOU CATCH?
ONE, SIR; TWO, SIR; THREE, SIR; FOUR, SIR; FIVE, SIR.
SIX, SIR
OLD DUTCH CLEANSER.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING ; FEMININE RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972