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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Retort
Get a Horse!
-Said to anyone driving too slow.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; HORSE ; RETORT ; SPEED ; Tease
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
JUMP ROPE RHYMES
MISS, MISS, LITTLE MISS, MISS;
WHEN SHE MISSES SHE MISSES LIKE THIS
Submitter comment:
IN NEIGHBORHOOD
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
ROPE JUMPING RIME
MISS, MISS, LITTLE MISS MISS,
WHEN SHE MISSES
SHE MISSES LIKE THIS (STOP THE ROPE)
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
I went downtown to see Mrs. Brown
I went downtown to seed Mrs. Brown
She gave me a nickel to buy a pickle
Theckle was sour; she gave me a flower
Ther flower was red; she gave me some thread;
The thread was thin; she gave me a pin;
The pin was sharp; She gave me a harp;
And the harp played salt, mustard, and pepper.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; JOHNSTOWN ; While working on a playground
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Kissed in the Valley
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT ( )* AS SWEET AS A ROSE,
ALONG CAME ( )** AND KISSED HER ON THE NOSE,
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
(JUMPS IN "RED HOT PEPPER" FASHION UNTIL A MISS.)
* ONE'S OWN NAME
** NAME OF A BOY
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; informant's home
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
Speed Jump
I went downtown to meet Miss Brown
She gave me a nickel, I bought a pickle
The pickle was sour, I bought a flower
The flower was dead, I bought a bed
The bed was broke, I bought a rope
The rope was thin, I bought a pin
The pin was sharp, I bought a harp
and the harp began to sing.
High, low, medium,
Walky, talky, turn around pepper
Submitter comment:
Speed Jump
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Speed Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rime
I'm a littler dutch girl dressed in blue;
These are the things I was taught to do;
Salute to the captain
Curtsey to the queen
Turn my back on the submarine.
I can do the hootchy gootchy,
I can do the split,
I can miss just like this,
Where learned: Birmingham, Michigan
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; Jump ; SPEED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Roe Rhyme
Johnny over the ocean
Johnny over the sea
Johnny broke a tea cup
And blamed it on me
I told ma
Ma told pa
Johnny got a lickin
Ha ha ah
Salt, vingar, mustard, pepper
(faster with each of the last line)
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; SPEED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope Jumping Rime
Sea shells
Many bells
Eevy, Ivy, Over
My boyfrien's name is Rover.
How many kisses will I get?
(red hot pepper, counting)
Where learned: Informant doesn't rember wher she learned this but it was during grade school.
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump ; Jump ; SPEED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump song-rope
Chinky, chinky chinaman sittling on a fence,
Trying to make $1.00 out of .59¢,
She missed, she missed,
She missed like this ...
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where the informant lives.
Where learned: Morrell
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; Jump ; SPEED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump- rope Rime
Ching, Chong, Chinaman,
Sitting on a fence
Tried to make a dollar
Out of ninety -nine cents.
He missed.
He missed
He missed liked this.
Where learned: Told at Detroit.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump ; Jump ; SPEED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Song
High, low, medium, slow, rocky, dolly,bluebells, pepper, 10,20,30....
(until player misses)
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state what city it was learned.
Where learned: Univesity of Detroit
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump ; Junp ; SPEED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Hazel, Hazel
Set the table.
Don't forget the red hot peppers.
When the last lin is read the people turing the rupe speed up.
Submitter comment:
I asked my sister,Danna for any jump rope rhymes she knew. This was on of them .
Data entry tech comment:
Collector is the informant's sister.
Where learned: DETROIT, MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
High
Low
Jolly pepper.
(this is repeated)
The first time a person goes to junp the rope is about waist high. The secibd time teh roep is on the ground. The third time the rope is twirled very fast.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where it was learned or where the informant lives.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Song
Hi, low, medium, walkie, talkie, slowly, pepper.
(at pepper, rope is turned faster)
Where learned: Cleveland, Ohio
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Hi, low, jolly, peppers,
Sleepy,salty, jolly peppers,
Upstairs, downstairs, jolly peppers
Sleepy, salty, jolly peppers
Where learned: Ann Arbor, Michigan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Song
I'm a little Dutch girl dressed in blue.
I died last night at halp past two.
Where did I go?
Heaven, hellm purgatory.
(Repeated until one missed the jump)
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state what city the informant lives or what city it was learned.
Where learned: Sung in youth.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; SPEED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Chant #3
High, low, medium, jolly,peppers
High: rope turned in hight motin
Low: rope turned in low motion
Jolly: rope urned in regular motin
Peppers: rope turned extra fast
(The object of these jump-rope game is to jump until you miss.)
Where learned: Told at Univesity of Detroit
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jumprope Rhyme
High, Low, Jolly, Peppers.
High, Low, Jolly , Peppers.
High, Low, Jolly, Peppers
High, Low, Jolly, Peppers
Submitter comment:
While two peopleare turning the rope, one person is jumping and chanting this rhyme in a sing-song style. When he misses, he must jump again doing the action of the word he missed on. EX: If he missed on
"High" he as to jump while the rope is turning high- rope not touching the ground. "Low" he jumps crouched over. "Jolly"- he turns around while jumping. "Peppers"- the rope is turned very fast while he is jumping.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and Informant are the same person.
Where learned: Told in Detroit
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump- Rope Rhyme
Hi- water, 10-water, don't forget the red hop pepper!
Where learned: He rememberes it from gradeschool.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |