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EASTER MONDAY
THE DAY AFTER EASTER WAS CALLED "DYNGUS DAY" OR "SWITCHING DAY."
THE MONDAY AFTER EASTER THE BOYS WOULD SWITCH THE GIRLS OR IN OTHER
WORDS THEY WOULD HIT THEM ON THE LEGS WITH A SWITCH OR A PIECE OF
STICK. IF THE BOY CAUGHT YOU AND SWITCHED YOU, YOU HAD TO GIVE HIM
SOME CANDY OR AN APPLE OR HERE IN AMERICA SOME MONEY. THE NEXT
DAY, TUESDAY, IT WAS THE GIRL'S TURN TO SWITCH THE BOYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): DYNGUS DAY ; EASTER GIFTS ; FOOD CUSTOM ; HEALTH ; REVENGE ; RITUAL WHIPPING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Tuesday Revenge Day |
Date learned: 03-11-1970
IF YOU EAT CANDY AND DO NOT BRUSH,
YOUR PRETTY WHITE TEETH WILL TURN TO MUSH.
Submitter comment:
MARY ANN'S BROTHER IS A DENTIST AND THIS IS WHAT
HE WROTE IN HIS NIECE'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
ORANGES GROW IN CALIFORNIA,
THEY GROW IN FLORIDA TOO.
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 03-29-1971
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY, HOLLAR "I."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.525 |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
YUGOSLAVIAN EASTER CUSTOM
ON EASTER MONDAY, CROATIAN CHILDREN WOULD GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE
CARRYING AN ORANGE, AND THEIR NEIGHBORS WOULD STICK DIMES OR NICKELS
INTO THE ORANGE FOR GOOD HEALTH.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): BEGGING ; EASTER GIFTS ; FOOD CUSTOM ; HEALTH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: (VARIOUS DATES)
I'M GOING DOWN TOWN TO SMOKE MY PIPE
AND I WON'T BE BACK TIL SATURDAY NIGHT,
AND IF THAT OLD WITCH CATCHES YOU
I'LL SPANK YOU TILL YOU'RE BLACK AND BLUE.
Submitter comment: TYPE OF TAG GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Proverb
You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; FLIES ; HONEY ; KINDNESS ; Malice ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Trap ; VERSE ; VINEGAR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
CHARLIE OVER THE WATER,
CHARLIE OVER THE SEA,
CHARLIE CAUGHT A BLACKBIRD,
BUT HE CANNOT CATCH ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TAG GAME.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
EASTER CELEBRATIONS
A POLISH CUSTOM IS THAT ON THE DAY AFTER EASTER IF A
BOY CATCHES A GIRL SHE MUST GIVE HIM ONE OF HER EGGS. SHE MAY
CHALLENGE HIM FOR THAT EGG. THIS IS DONE BY THE HITTING OF THE
TWO EGGS TOGETHER. IF HER EGG DOESN'T BREAK THEN SHE GETS HIS EGG.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): GAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
TAG TYPE GAME
DUMMY DUMMY DODO
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN,
I CAN RUN FASTER THAN (NAME) CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
AT THE STATE QUARRIES IN BETHESDA, MARYLAND, THE MINERS REFUSED TO
WORK ON ASCENSION DAY. THE MANAGERS TRIED TO BREAK THEM OF THIS
CUSTOM AND SUCEEDED FOR TWO YEARS. HOWEVER, THE MEN AGAIN REFUSED,
AS THERE HAD BEEN FATAL ACCIDENTS BOTH YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WORK TABOO
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Ascension Day |
Date learned: 02-12-1968
DUMB DUMB DOTO CATCH ME IF YOU CAN,
I CAN RUN FASTER THAN YOU CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
RING AROUND THE ROSEY, A POCKET FULL OF POSIES
ASHES, ASHES, WE ALL FALL DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.523 |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
ASCENSION THURSDAY CUSTOM
ON ASCENSION THURSDAY, POLISH PEASANTS TAKE BOUQUETS MADE UP OF
WHEAT, OATS, RYE, APPLES AND PEARS ON A STICK, HERBS AND FLOWERS TO
CHURCH FOR BLESSING TO ASSURE FUTURE FERTILITY OF CROPS. CITY
DWELLERS, HOWEVER, TAKE BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS FROM THEIR GARDEN.
POLES DO NOT REFER TO THIS HOLY DAY AS ASCENSION THURSDAY
BUT AS THE DAY OF "OUR LADY OF HERBS" OR "MATKI BOSKI ZIELNEJ."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RELIGIOUSLY OBSERVES THIS CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Ascension Day |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
BURIAL CUSTOM
IN THE EVENT OF DEATH, THE POLISH VILLAGERS PLACE DRIED HERBS
(BLESSED ON ASCENSION THURSDAY) UNDERNEATH THE LINEN LINING OF THE
CASKET. THIS SERVES AS A PILLOW UNDER THE DECEASED PERSON'S HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Ascension Day CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Pentecost |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
LENTEN CUSTOM
DURING LENT IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO GIVE UP SOMETHING WE ENJOY OR LIKE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS PRACTICED DURING EVERY LENTEN SEASON IN SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
DID YOU EVER, EVER, EVER, IN YOUR BEATNICK LIFE,
SEE A BEATNICK SAILOR WITH HIS BEATNICK WIFE?
NO, I NEVER EVER, EVER, EVER, IN MY BEATNICK LIFE,
SAW A BEATNICK SAILOR WITH HIS BEATNICK WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-06-1967
FIVE LITTLE SOLDIERS, STANDING IN A ROW.
(HERE--BEND THE TWO LAST FINGERS DOWN TO DENOTE BENT SOLDIERS: )
THREE STOOD STRAIGHT, AND TWO STOOD SO.
ALONG CAME THE CAPTAIN AND WHAT DO YOU THINK?
(ON THE WORD "STRAIGHT" STRAIGHTEN THE LAST TWO FINGERS.)
THEY ALL STOOD STRAIGHT AS QUICK AS A WINK.
Submitter comment:
BEGIN THE RHYME BY COUNTING ON THE HAND THE FIVE SOLDIERS:
RECITED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
MY MOTHER AND YOURS WERE HANGING UP SOME CLOTHS,
MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER IN THE NOSE.
Submitter comment: THE PERSON WHO IS IT WHEN THE WORD NOSE COMES UP IS OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
A BOWLER'S CRYING TOWEL WAS GIVEN TO ME ABOUT THREE
YEARS AGO. SINCE THIS TIME, I WILL NOT GO BOWLING
WITHOUT IT. IT HAS BROUGHT ME GOOD LUCK, I FEEL,
AND IN ORDER NOT TO LOSE THIS GOOD LUCK, THE TOWEL
HAS NEVER BEEN WASHED. I FEEL THAT IF I WASH IT,
THE GOOD LUCK ATTACHED TO THE TOWEL WOULD DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 03-31-1970