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JUMP-ROPE RIME
SALT, PEPPER, VINEGAR, SPICE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WILSON
Keyword(s): SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-12-1972
SEA SHELLS, MANY BELLS EEVY, IVY, OVER. MY BOYFRIEND'S NAME IS ROVER.
HOW MANY KISSES WILL I GET? (RED HOT PEPPER, COUNTING)
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
SKIM WITH THE JUMP ROPE. 0: RUN THRU. 1: JUMP ONCE. 2: TOUCH GROUND
TWO TIMES. 3: HOP IN THREE TIMES ON ONE FOOT. 4: JUMP IN BACKWARD
FOUR TIMES. 5: TURN AROUND. 6: RED HOT PEPPER. 7 JUMPIN - MISS ON
SEVENTH TIME
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; SPEED-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
MOTHER, MOTHER, I AM SICK
SEND FOR THE DOCTOR, QUICK, QUICK, QUICK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
MAMA'S GOT A NEW BORN BABY.
CALL THE DOCTOR CALL THE NURSE.
CALL THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
FIRST FLOOR STOP, SECOND FLOOR MISS.
THIRD FLOOR, BABY FLOOR, JUMP UNTIL YOU MISS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-31-1968
MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER
MY MOTHER YOUR MOTHER LIVES ACROSS THE STREET
1819 BROADWAY STREET
EVERYNIGHT THEY HAVE A FIGHT AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAY
ACKRA BACKRA SODA CRACKER, ACKRA, BACKRA BOO
ACKRA BACKRA SODA CRACKER OUT GOES YOU}
Submitter comment:
I WOULD USE THIS JUMP ROPE RHYME WHEN I TOLLD JUMP ROPE IN THE
1950'S9
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN ; NEIGHBORHOOD
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
JUMP ROPE SONG
JUMP ROPE SONG
OR GAME PLAYED BY MEMBERS WHO HOLD HANDS AND MOVE
IN A CIRCLE RING-AROUND-ROSIE STYLE.
MOTORBOAT, MOTORBOAT GO SO SLOW
MOTORBOAT, MOTORBOAT GO SO FAST
MOTORBOAT, MOTORBOAT STEP ON THE GAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
JUMP ROPE RHYME
FOR MALES: (NAME) WENT TO A PARTY AND A GIRL HE MET
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GET
ONE, TWO, THREE
FOR FEMALES: (NAME) WENT TO A PARTY AND A BOY SHE MET
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET
ONE, TWO, THREE.
Submitter comment:
AFTER THE RHYME, THE TWO TWIRLERS SPIN THE ROPE REAL FAST--LIKE HOT
PEPPER.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
JUMP-ROPE RHYMES
ONE DARK NIGHT WHEN WE WERE ALL IN BED.
OLD LADY LEARY LIT A LANTERN IN THE SHED.
AND WHEN THE COW KICKED IT OVER,
SHE WINKED HER EYE AND SAID,
"THEY'LL BE HOT TIMES IN THE TOWN TONIGHT."
"FIRE}, FIRE}, FIRE}"
Where learned: MICHIGAN
Keyword(s): SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
JUMP ROPE RHYME
1, 2, 3, CARROTS' GONE
THE BUNNY HOPS AND AWAY HE GOES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
JUMP ROPE RHYME
POLLY, POLLY, SET THE TABLE
DON'T FORGET THE SALT AND RED HOT PEPPER.
Submitter comment: (BEGIN COUNTING UNTIL PERSON JUMPING MISSES.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
JUMPROPE SONG
"RED, HOT SPANISH PEPPER}"
Submitter comment:
(ROPE WAS TURNED EXTREMELY FAST AND COUNTING PROCEEDED UNTIL ONE
MISSED.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
Jump Rope Rhyme
I went downtown to see Mrs. Brown
She gave me a nickel to buy a pickel
the pickel was sour; she gave me a flower
The flower ws red; she gave me a pin
The thread was thin: She gave me a pin
The pin was sharp; she gave me a harop
And the harp played salt, mustard, and pepper.
Submitter comment:
(Learned from grade school friends in Pittsburgh, PA.)
Where learned: Uinversity of Detroit
| Subject headings: | 100 100.60 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS FAST AS A DOSE OF SALTS THROUGH A WIDOW WOMAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-02-1969
NOT GIVEN
AS QUICK AS GREASED LIGHTNING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
Keyword(s): SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-06-1968
HOW QUICK CAN A DEAD SHEEP'S TAIL SHAKE?
QUICKER THAN THREE SHAKES OF A DEAD SHEEP'S TAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
PROVERB
TWO SHAKES OF A LAMB'S TALE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): QUICK FAST SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-24-1970
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR: SPEED
FASTER THAN YOU CAN SAY "JACK ROBINSON."
Submitter comment:
EXPRESSION I HAVE HEARD ALL MY LIFE, BUT NOT SO MUCH NOW FROM
YOUNGER PEOPLE. IT MEANT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY,
OR LASTED ONLY A VERY SHORT TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEBANON
Keyword(s): SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
HE GOES LIKE THE WIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-02-1971