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JUMP ROPE RHYME
HELP, MURDER, POLICE
MY MOTHER FELL IN THE GREASE
I LAUGHED SO HARD, I FELL IN THE LARD
HELP MURDER POLICE
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA ; informant's home
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
JUMP ROPE RHYME
JOE, JOE BROKE HIS TOE
ON HIS WAY TO MEXICO,
ON HIS WAY BACK, HE BROKE HIS BACK
SLIDING DOWN THE RAILROAD TRACK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS RHYME FROM HIS DAD AND HIS SISTERS WOULD SAY IT WHILE JUMPING ROPE TOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-22-1971
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
MABEL, MABEL SET THE TABLE
DON'T FORGET THE SALT AND PEPPER
(ROPE WHIRLS REAL FAST WHEN YOU SAY PEPPER)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
Jump-rope Rhyme
MABLE, MABLE
SET THE TABLE.
DON'T FORGET THE RED HOT PEPPER.
Submitter comment:
ON THE WORD "PEPPER," THE ROPE IS TURNED FASTER AND FASTER TILL THE JUMPER MISSES.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK ; informant's home
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-11-1971
TOADSTOOLS
IF YOU KICK A TOADSTOOL IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S YARD HAD SEVERAL TOADSTOOLS GROWING IN IT, MY LITTLE SISTER SAW THEM AND WAS GOING TO KNOCK IT OUT AND THIS IS WHEN THE INFORMANT SAID THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CALUMET ; informant's home ; 1688 Laurium
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF IT RAINED WHEN A PERSON DIED, IT MEANT THAT THE ANGELS WERE CRYING FOR HIM AND HE WENT TO HEAVEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT WHEN HE WAS TEN YEARS OLD BY HIS PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE FARMS ; informant's home ; 138 Mapleton
Keyword(s): TEARS
Date learned: 10-03-1971
LUCK
IF YOU SEE A WHIRLWIND COMING TOWARDS YOUR HOUSE, IT IS A SIGN OF TROUBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home ; 28244 Grixdale
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 01-12-1970
WEATHER BELIEF
WHEN A TORNADO-LIKE WIND OR WHIRLING OF WATER APPEARS IN INDIA INHABITANTS WARN ONE NOT TO JUMP IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE THERE IS A SPIRIT IN THE MIDDLE AND WHOEVER DOES WILL BECOME POSSESSED
BY THE DEVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST QUAD ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
WEATHER BELIEF
WHEN THE WIND IS PARTICULARLY STRONG, A WITCH COMMITTED SUICIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-19-1970
MYSTERY SPOT-WATER
AT THIS PARK WATER RUNS UPHILL BECAUSE A GHOST HAUNTS THE WHOLE PARK.
THIS IS AT ST. IGNACE, MICHIGAN, IN THE U.P.
Data entry tech comment:
"U.P." IS MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): UPPER PENINSULA = U.P.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Earth BELIEF -- Water |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
MYSTERY SPOT-GRAVITY
THIS IS A PARK AT ST. IGNACE, MICHIGAN, IN THE U.P. WHERE, BECAUSE OF A GHOST HAUNTING IT, THE GRAVITY IS EXTRA-STRONG, AND YOU CAN STAND ON THE WALL OF A CABIN AND NOT FALL BECAUSE OF THIS
GRAVITATIONAL FORCE.
Data entry tech comment:
"U.P." IS MICHIGAN'S UPPER PENINSULA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-GRAVITY ; UPPER PENINSULA = U.P.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Universe BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Earth BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
CAVE LEGEND
HE WHO SLEEPS IN THE CAVE OF THE PUNKO WILL DIE.
(FROM HAWAII)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; informant's home ; 80 Tourraine
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Formation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
BAD LUCK
IF YOU BORROW SALT, YOU SHOULD NEVER GIVE IT BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Flavoring BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
TREE BELIEF
TREES WHICH BEAR FRUIT, WILL BEAR BETTER FRUIT IF ONE DRIVES A NAIL INTO THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): IRON?
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
GARLIC BELIEF
HANG GARLIC OVER YOUR WINDOW TO KEEP THE EVIL SPIRITS AWAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant is collector's father.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
CUCUMBER BELIEF
NEVER EAT THE END OF A CUCUMBER WHERE THERE ARE NO SEEDS BECAUSE IT IS POISONOUS.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER ACTUALLY BELIEVES THIS BECAUSE HER MOTHER BELIEVED IT. IN OUR HOME WE NEVER EAT THAT END OF A CUCUMBER EVEN THOUGH ALL OF A PICKLE IS REGARDED AS SAFE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK ; collector's home ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PLANT BELIEF
TOMATOES ARE SEX APHRODISIACS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
Spinach Belief
SPINACH GIVES YOU MUSCLES.
Submitter comment:
Purpose of consumption.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home ; 4308 Tyler
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
SASSAFRAS BELIEF
SASSAFRAS IS FOR ENERGY.
Submitter comment:
Purpose of consumption.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT HERB?
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-26-1970
ALWAYS GET INTO BED ON THE SAME SIDE AS YOUR HUSBAND IF YOU WANT TO STAY TOGETHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 08-02-1970