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BUBBLEGUM, BUBBLEGUM, IN A DISH. HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C7509 |
POOR MARINE
THE FIRST MARINE, HE FOUND THE BEAN, PARLEZ VOUS.
THE SECOND MARINE, HE COOKED THE BEAN, PARLEZ VOUS.
THE THIRD MARINE, HE ATE THE BEAN AND RAN ALL OVER
THE SUBMARINE, HINKEY DINKEY PARLEZ VOUS.
Submitter comment:
THIS CHILD'S SONG IS SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "MADEMOISELLE FROM
ARMENTIERES."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHAIN SONG
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
FORMULA SPEECH: SLIP
IF YOUR SLIP IS SHOWING SOMEONE MIGHT SAY TO YOU:
"IT'S SATURDAY ON SUNDAY."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SLIP
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
A game played by African-American Children
Little Sally Walker sitting in a saucer
Cry Sally cry dry your weeping eyes and
put your hands on your hips and let your backbone slip.
Ah shake it to the east. Ah shake it to the west
Ah shake it to the very one you love the best.
Submitter comment:
This game is played by sitting in a circle. One person
is "it" and stands in the middle. As the song is sung
the person in the middle acts out the words in the song
When the children say, shake it to the east, the person
in the middle shakes to the east. etc.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; children in the community
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
FESTIVAL CUSTOM
IN THE UKRAINE, THE GROOM SHOULD NOT SEE HIS BRIDE UNTIL THE
MOMENT (TIME) THEY ARE ACTUALLY WED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES IN THE UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bride and groom must not see each other |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
WEDDING CUSTOM
ON THE DAY OF THE WEDDING, THE BRIDE AND GROOM ARE NOT SUPPOSED
TO SEE EACH OTHER AT THE ALTAR.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS AT HIS (THE INFORMANT'S) WEDDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bride and groom must not see each other |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
MARRIAGE CUSTOM
IN MOST FAMILIES IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THE BRIDE AND GROOM TO SEE
EACH OTHER BEFORE THE CEREMONY. IN OUR FAMILY, BEFORE THE CEREMONY,
THE BRIDE AND GROOM, TOGETHER KNEEL BEFORE THE BRIDE'S FATHER AND
RECEIVE A BLESSING FOR A LONG, HAPPY MARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bride and groom must not see each other |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
WEDDING CURSE
IF THE GROOM SEES THE BRIDE BEFORE THE CEREMONY, THE MARRIAGE
ENDS IN DIVORCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bride and groom must not see each other |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
WEDDINGS ( WEDDING CUSTOM )
IN HUNGARY, ON THEIR WEDDING DAY THE BRIDE AND GROOM AND ALL
THEIR GUESTS WALK TO THE CHURCH TOGETHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Procession to church |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
POLISH CUSTOM
POLISH PARENTS SUPPLY A POLISH BAND AT THEIR HOUSE BEFORE THEIR
DAUGHTER LEAVES THE HOUSE. THE BRIDE AND HER BRIDESMAIDS WALK OUT
OF THE HOUSE AS THE BAND PLAYS SERDACZNA MATKA. THE BAND USUALLY
PLAYS ON THE FRONT PORCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MUSIC
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Band, orchestra play at bride's house |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
WEDDING CUSTOM
BEFORE A POLISH WEDDING A BAND WILL COME TO THE BRIDE'S HOUSE
AND LEAD A PROCESSION OF THE BRIDE, HER PARTY AND FAMILY TO THE
CHURCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MUSIC
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Band, orchestra play at bride's house |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
WEDDING CUSTOM
IT IS CUSTOM FOR A BAND TO PLAY IN FRONT OF A POLISH BRIDE'S
HOME THE MORNING BEFORE THE WEDDING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED AT A POLISH WEDDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MUSIC
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Band, orchestra play at bride's house |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
KNOCK-KNOCK STREET
ON A DARK, FOGGY NIGHT SOME YEARS AGO ON A STREET NEAR MY HOME
(I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME ANYMORE), A BOY WAS RUN OVER BY A CAR
AND KILLED. THE HIT AND RUN DRIVER WAS NEVER FOUND. FROM THAT
TIME ON, ANYTIME MY FRIENDS AND I WERE RIDING DOWN THE STREET,
STRANGE NOISES CAME FROM BENEATH THE CAR. WE BELIEVED THAT THIS
BOY WHO WAS KILLED WAS BOTHERING PEOPLE BECAUSE THE KILLER WAS
NEVER FOUND. THE NOISE WAS NOT THE FAULT OF A DEFECTIVE CAR,
SINCE THIS NOISE WOULD ONLY OCCUR ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET.
THE NICKNAME FOR THIS STREET WAS KNOCK-KNOCK STREET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
CUSTOM (POLISH)
IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR A SMALL BAND TO PLAY OUTSIDE THE HOUSE OF
THE BRIDE BEFORE THE WEDDING MASS. SOMETIMES THEY EVEN ACCOMPANY
THE PARTY OT THE CHURCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MUSIC
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Band, orchestra play at bride's house |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
MARRIAGE CUSTOM
ON THE DAY OF THEIR MARRIAGE, BEFORE THEY HAVE BREAKFAST, THE
BRIDE AND GROOM SHOULD EACH EAT A PIECE OF BREAD SPRINKLED WITH
SALT. THIS WAY, THERE WILL NEVER BE A LACK OF BREAD IN THEIR HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Morning before wedding |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
3, 6, 9- THE GOOSE DRANK WINE, THE MONKEY
SHOOT TABACC0 ON THE STREET CAR LINE,
THE LINE BROKE, THE MONKEY GOT CHOKED
AND THEY ALL WENT TO HEAVEN IN A LITTLE
ROW BOAT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; RIDING IN A CAR
James Callow Keyword(s): TOBACCO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
SYMBOLS OF MAIDENHOOD AND WIFERY
ON THE DAY OF A GIRL'S MARRIAGE, ALL THE VILLAGE GIRLS COME
TO THE BRIDE'S HOUSE AND HELP HER DRESS, SING SAD SONGS OF LEAVING
HER FAMILY, AND WALK HER TO THE CHURCH.
THE BRIDE EXCHANGES HER HEAD-WREATH OF FLOWERS, SYMBOL OF
MAIDENHOOD, FOR A BABUSKA, SYMBOL OF A MARRIED WOMAN, WHICH SHE MUST
ALWAYS WEAR IN PUBLIC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Morning before wedding |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PONDLILLY LOOKOUT POINT
PONDLILLY LOOKOUT POINT IS LOCATED IN WATERLOO
RECREATION AREA NEAR JACKSON, MICHIGAN. THERE USED TO
BE A FORT LOCATED ON THIS POINT; IT WAS SITUATED ON
A VERY STEEP, ALMOST UNSCALABLE RIDGE. IN THE MIDDLE
OF A HUGE BLIZZARD ONE DAY, INDIANS SCALED THE RIDGE
AND MASSACRED ALL THOSE IN THE FORT.
TO THIS DAY, ONE CAN SUPPOSEDLY HEAR THE SOUND OF
INDIANS RUNNING ALONG THE RIDGE DURING ANY SNOW STORM.
Submitter comment:
MIKE SAYS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER VERSION WHICH SAYS
YOU CAN HEAR A HORSEMAN RIDING ALONG THE RIDGE DURING
A BLIZZARD. HE IS SAID TO BE RACING TO WARN THOSE IN
THE FORT OF THE ATTACK.
MIKE SAYS THAT THERE IS JUST SUCH A SOUND DURING A
SNOWSTORM, BUT BEING MORE LOGICALLY-MINDED,
ATTRIBUTES IT TO THE SNOW FALLING INTO THE THICK
GROWTH OF MAPLE TREES WHICH CHOKE THE SLOPE BELOW
THE RIDGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; JACKSON
Keyword(s): GHOSTLY NOISES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
THERE IS A LEGEND CONCERNING DETROIT'S BELLE ISLE.
A "WHITE LADY" APPEARS ON THE ISLAND AT EVERY FULL
MOON AND WANDERS THROUGH THE WOODS. SHE IS DRESSED
ALL IN WHITE, HENCE HER NAME. SHE IS THE MOTHER
OF A GIRL WHO WAS MURDERED THERE, WHILE PARKING
WITH A FELLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 12-05-1967
HAUNTED HOUSE
ONCE, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A MAN LIVED BY HIMSELF IN
A HOUSE IN THE SOUTHSIDE OF CHICAGO. HIS LEGS
WERE BADLY MAULED AND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE
THEM AMPUTATED. ONE WAS TAKEN OFF BUT THE MAN
KILLED HIMSELF BEFORE THE OTHER LEG COULD BE TAKEN
OFF. HE WAS BURIED IN THE BASEMENT AND TO THIS
DAY A ONE-LEGGED GHOST HAUNTS THAT HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-00-1968