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OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER CHARLES-TON (CHARLESTON).
OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER PHIL ABUSTER (FILABUSTER).
OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER MADGE IC (MAGIC).
OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER HANK KERCHIEF (HANDKERCHIF).
INFORMANT GETS TOGETHER WITH OTHERS AND MAKES UP
THESE NAMES AS A PASTIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit |
Date learned: 11-08-1971
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ITALIAN CUSTOM
IN ITALY ON SEPTEMBER 28, A GROUP OF VOLUNTEERED MEN CARRY A
STATUE FROM THE CHURCH AROUND THE TOWN. THEY STOP AT VARIOUS
HOUSES AND PRAY. RESIDENTS THEN GIVE MONEY TO THE MEN FOR THE
CHURCH, IF THEY HAVE NO MONEY TO GIVE THEY PRIVATELY MAKE A
PROMISE TO GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BEGGING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- September 28 |
Date learned: 11-22-1971
FESTIVAL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- September 8 |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
OF COURSE YOU REMEMBER CLARA--NET! (CLARINET).
OF COURSE YOU REMEMBER PHIL-OSOPHY. (PHILOSOPHY).
OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER CY COLOGY (PSYCHOLOGY).
OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER TIM PANI (TYMPANI).
OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER TEX ACO (TEXACO--BRAND NAME).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit |
Date learned: 11-08-1971
ONE POTATOE, TWO POTATOE, THREE POTATOE,
MORE, FOUR POTATOES, 5 POTATOES, 6 POTATOES, SCORE.
THIS IS USED WHEN PLAYING GAMES. IT'S MOST OFTEN USED
BY CHILDREN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C531 |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
RED ROVER, RED ROVER
IN THIS GAME, TWO LINES ARE FORMED OPPOSITE EACH OTHER.
THE CHILDREN JOIN HANDS OR ARMS TO TRY TO FORM AN
IMPENETRABLE LINE. ONE TEAM CALLS A MEMBER FROM THE
OPPOSING TEAM:
RED ROVER, RED ROVER, LET (NAME) COME OVER.
FROM HIS OR HER SIDE, THE CHILD STARTS TO RUN,
BUILDING UP SPEED AND FORCE. HE TRIES TO BREAK THROUGH
THE LINE BY BREAKING THE GRIPS OF THE FIRST TEAM.
IF HE IS ABLE TO GO THROUGH, HE TAKES A MEMBER OF THAT
TEAM TO HIS TEAM, THIS PERSON MUST JOIN THAT TEAM AND
ADD ONTO THE LINE. IF HE DOESN'T BREAK THROUGH, HE MUST
REMAIN WITH THAT TEAM AND JOIN THE LINE.
NOW THE OTHER TEAM CALLS SOMEONE FROM THE FIRST TEAM.
THE GAME IS CONTINUED UNTIL THERE IS NO ONE LEFT ON ONE
TEAM. THE WINNING TEAM IS THE ONE WHICH HAS CAPTURED
ALL THE PLAYERS.
Submitter comment: I PLAYED THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT
ALL THE CHILDREN ARE LINED UP AT A DISTANCE FROM IT.
WHEN IT TURNS HIS BACK, EVERYONE MAY RUN OR MOVE
TOWARD HIM. WHEN HE TURNS BACK, IF HE SEES ANYBODY
MOVING, THAT PERON MUST RETURN TO THE STARTING POSITION.
THE FIRST PERSON TO REACH IT BECOMES THE NEW IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
WHAT TIME IS IT, MR. FOX?
IN THIS GAME ONE CHILD WAS THE FOX AND THE REST WERE
SHEEP. THE SHEEP WOULD ASK "WHAT TIME IS IT, MR.
FOX?" AND THE FOX WOULD ANSWER, "ONE O'CLOCK."
THE SHEEP WOULD ASK AGAIN AND THE FOX WOULD ANSWER
"TWO O'CLOCK." THIS WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL TWELVE
O'CLOCK WHEN THE FOX WOULD CHASE ALL THE SHEEP.
THE ONE HE CAUGHT WOULD BECOME THE NEW FOX.
Submitter comment: VARIATION: GHOST IN THE GRAVEYARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
HIDE AND SEEK
TAKE AN EMPTY TIN CAN AND PUT IT ON THE FLOOR. SOMEONE
WHO WILL BE CHOSEN AS THE GHOST AND SOMEONE ELSE
WILL KICK THE CAN SO THAT IT MAY TAKE THE GHOST
SOME TIME TO PICK IT UP. THE OTHER CHILDREN WILL RUN
AND HIDE SO THAT THE GHOST CANNOT SEE THEM. IF THE
GHOST SPOTS A PERSON, HE CAN RUN BACK TO THE STARTING
PLACE. IF THIS PERSON GETS BACK BEFORE THE GHOST, HE
WILL NOT LOSE OR BE THE NEXT GHOST.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT OBSERVED THIS GAME IN TAIWAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TAIWAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
BLOODY MURDER
THIS IS A ROUNDABOUT VERSION OF THE OLD STANDARD
"HIDE-AND-GO-SEEK." IN THIS GAME, THE PERSON WHO IS
CHOSEN "IT" HAS TO RUN AND HIDE, WHILE EVERYBODY
ELSE HAS TO STAY AT THE GOAL AND COUNT TO 100.
THEY BREAK UP, AND THE FIRST PERSON TO FIND THE "IT"
SHOUTS "BLOODY MURDER," AND EVERYONE RUNS BACK TO THE
GOAL. NOW, THE "IT" PERSON CHASES THEM, AND CAN TAG
ANYONE HE PLEASES, NOT JUST THE ONE WHO SHOUTED
"BLOODY MURDER." THE PERSON HE TAGS THEN HAS TO BE
"IT"--IF HE DOES NOT TAG ANYONE, THEN HE STILL
MAINTAINS THAT POSITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 12-02-1971
ON THE EVENING OF NOVEMBER 1ST (THE DAY BEFORE ALL
SOULS DAY) IT IS A CUSTOM TO PLACE A GLASS OF
WATER ON A LEDGE OUTSIDE A WINDOW SO THAT THE MANY
SOULS WHO WILL BE GOING TO HEAVEN THAT DAY DUE TO
THE SPECIAL PRAYERS SAID FOR THEM, WILL BE ABLE TO
HAVE A DRINK OF WATER, WHILE ON THEIR WAY. THESE SOULS,
GRATEFUL FOR THE COOLING WATER, WILL THEN REMEMBER
YOU WHEN YOU ARE IN PURGATORY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOESN'T KNOW WHERE DONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- November 1 All Saints BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-25-1971
FESTIVAL CUSTOM (PRESUMABLY CHINESE)
THERE ARE A SEQUENCE OF GHOST FESTIVALS IN JULY IN
DIFFERENT VILLAGES, WHERE IF YOU WANT TO SEE YOUR
GHOST, YOU GET INSIDE A BAMBOO CAGE WHICH ORIGINALLY
HELD CHICKENS. THE THOUGHT BEHIND THIS IS THAT YOU
CAN OBSERVE YOUR GHOST WITHOUT BEING SEEN INSIDE THE
CAGE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ACTUALLY OBSERVED THIS EVENT IN HIS OWN
VILLAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CHINA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
ON EASTER, THE POLISH PEOPLE HAVE BUTTER OR A CAKE
IN THE SHAPE OF A LAMB.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A POLISH CUSTOM AND A FAMILY TRADITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Animal product Butter |
Date learned: 04-11-1967
THERE IS A POLISH CUSTOM WHERE THEY HAVE A CHRISTMAS
WAFER AND FOR EASTER A HARD BOILED EGG. ANYONE
WHO TAKES A BITE OF YOUR EGG OR WAFER WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
CHRIS LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AND IT'S PRACTICED
IN THEIR HOME STILL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 F642.28 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 02-24-1970
EASTER CUSTOM
IT IS TRADITIONAL TO LEAVE CARROTS FOR THE EASTER
BUNNY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable |
Date learned: 11-17-1969
IF YOU EAT BUTTER BEFORE YOU DRINK, IT WILL COAT YOUR
STOMACH AND YOU WON'T GET DRUNK. JUST BITE RIGHT INTO A
STICK OF BUTTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EAST SIDE
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 00-00-1983
ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER, MANY POLISH FAMILIES
TAKE A PORTION OF EVERYTHING FROM THEIR DINNER TO
THE CHURCH TO BE BLESSED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 03-12-1968
ON HOLY SATURDAY POLISH PEOPLE TAKE A BASKET OF FOOD
CONSISTING OF SAUSAGE, EGGS, SALT, AND BREAD TO
CHURCH WITH THEM TO BE BLESSED. THE FOOD IS USUALLY
EATEN ON EASTER SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-14-1968
GOOD FRIDAY
THERE IS NO RECREATION ON GOOD FRIDAY FROM 12:00 NOON
TO 3:00 P.M.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 08-00-1967