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EASTER CUSTOM
AT THE BEGINNING OF BREAKFAST THE FATHER SHARES FOOD WITH THE REST OF
THE FAMILY. HE SLICES UP BLESSED BREAD, EGGS AND KIELBASA AND GIVES
A SMALL PIECE TO EVERYONE. THIS FOOD MUST BE EATEN BEFORE ADDITIONAL
FOOD IS TAKEN.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM
Date learned: 11-29-1970
ON THE FEAST OF THE THREE KINGS, THE PARISH PRIEST WOULD
COME AROUND TO THE HOUSE, BLESS IT AND PUT THE LETTERS
KMB AND THE YEAR ON THE DOOR WITH CHALK.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
Keyword(s): BALTHAZAR ; KASPAR ; MELCHIOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
ON HOLY SATURDAY AN EASTER BASKET, USUALLY FILLED
WITH BREAD, EGGS, LAMB BUTTER, HORSERADISH, KIELBASA,
AND SALT AND PEPPER IS TAKEN TO THE PARISH CHURCH
TO BE BLESSED.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-15-1970
EVERY HOLY SATURDAY AN EASTER BASKET IS TAKEN TO THE
CHURCH TO BE BLESSED. THE BASKET IS FILLED WITH
EGGS, KIELBASA, HOMEMADE HORSERADISH, LAMB BUTTER,
HOMEMADE RAISIN BREAD, SALT AND PAPPER AND A ROUND LOAF
OF RYE BREAD.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| 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: 11-29-1970
RED ROVER
THE GAME STARTS OUT BY THE PICKING OF TEAMS. EACH
TEAM LINES UP FACING EACH OTHER AND HOLDS HANDS.
ONE TEAM CALLS "RED ROVER, RED ROVER, LET (SOMEBODY'S
NAME) COME OVER." THAT PERSON RUNS AND TRIES TO BREAK
THROUGH A PAIR OF INTERLOCKING HANDS. IF HE BREAKS
THROUGH, THEN HE CAN TAKE A MAN BACK TO HIS TEAM. IF
HE DOESN'T BREAK THROUGH, HE REMAINS ON THE OTHER
TEAM. THE GAME ENDS WHEN ONE TEAM LOSES ALL OF THEIR
PLAYERS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
FREEZE TAG
A PLAYER IS CHOSEN AS IT. IT TRIES TO TAG THE OTHER
PLAYERS. WHEN IT TAGS A PLAYER, THE PLAYER MUST
FREEZE IN HIS TRACKS. THE PLAYER MAY BE FREED FROM
THE POSITION BY THE TAG OF ANOTHER PLAYER WHO IS FREE.
ONCE ALL THE PLAYERS ARE IN A FROZEN POSITION THE GAME
ENDS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
POM POM
TWO GOALS ARE SET UP. ONE PERSON IS IT. ALL THE PLAYERS
STAND BEHIND A GOAL EXCEPT FOR IT, WHO STANDS BETWEEN
THE TWO GOALS. IT CALLS POM-POM AND THE PLAYERS RUN TO
GET TO THE OTHER GOAL. IT TRIES TO TAG THE PLAYERS.
ANYBODY THAT IS CAUGHT IS ALSO IT. THIS IS DONE UNTIL
EVERYBODY IS CAUGHT.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 11-25-1970
CHASE
THERE ARE TWO TEAMS. ONE TEAM STANDS AROUND A POLE.
THE OTHER TEAM GOES AND HIDES. THE TEAM AROUND THE
POLE COUNTS TO TWENTY AND GOES TO TRY TO FIND THEM.
TO CATCH A GUY, THEY HAVE TO HOLD HIM FOR FIVE
SECONDS. IF THEY CATCH HIM, HE HAS TO STAY AT THE POLE.
IF A PLAYER WHO IS NOT CAUGHT SEES ANYBODY AT THE
POLE HE CAN GO AND FREE HIM BY TAGGING HIM. WHEN
EVERYBODY IS CAUGHT THE TEAMS CHANGE ROLES.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-25-1970
PEG AND STICK
A STICK ABOUT FOUR INCHES LONG IS WHITTLED DOWN TO A
POINT ON EACH END. IT IS CALLED A PEG. THE STICK
WAS ABOUT TWELVE INCHES LONG. IT IS USED TO TAP
THE PEG ON EITHER END AND AS THE PEG ROSE IN THE AIR
TO STRIKE IT TOWARDS THE OPPONENT'S GOAL. THE GAME
IS PLAYED ON THE STREET, USING THE CURBS AS A SIDELINE
BOUNDARY. THE GOALS ARE USUALLY SET APART FOR THE
DISTANCE OF FIVE OR SIX HOUSES. MANHOLE COVERS WERE
LOCATED ON EACH END. EACH MAN TOOK HIS TURN AT THE
PEG. IT WOULD REMAIN IN THE POSITION IT LANDED RE-
GARDLESS WHERE--EVEN UP AGAINST A CURB. WHEN A
PLAYER FELT HE WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO A PLAYER'S GOAL,
HE WOULD TRY TO THROW THE PEG AT HIS OPPONENT'S
STICK WHICH WAS PLACED IN A ROUND HOLE CARVED JUST IN
FRONT OF THE MANHOLE COVER, IF HE HITS THE STICK
HE RECEIVES A POINT. WHEN A PLAYER RECEIVES A SET
NUMBER OF POINTS, HE IS THE WINNER.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
BOMBARDMENT
THERE ARE TWO TEAMS. EACH TEAM HAS THE SAME AMOUNT
OF BALLS. THE TEAMS STAND A CERTAIN DISTANCE APART.
EACH TEAM THROWS THE BALLS AT THE OTHER TEAM. IF
A BALL IS CAUGHT, THE GUY WHO THREW IT IS OUT OR IF
A GUY GETS HIT WITH A BALL WITHOUT CATCHING IT, THEN
HE IS OUT. IF A GUY WHO GOT SOMEBODY OUT IS HIT,
THEN THE GUYS HE HAD KNOCKED OUT GET TO COME BACK IN.
THE FIRST TEAM THAT IS COMPLETELY OUT LOSES.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-25-1970
KEEP AWAY
YOU HAVE TWO TEAMS. A BALL IS THROWN UP IN THE AIR
AND THE TEAM THAT GETS IT TRIES TO KEEP IT AWAY
FROM THE OTHER TEAM. ANY MEANS OF KEEPING THE BALL
AND OF GETTING THE BALL ARE PERMITTED. WHEN THE
TEAM THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE BALL GETS IT, THEN THEY
TRY TO KEEP IT AWAY FROM THE TEAM THAT DID.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-25-1970
PEGI-MOVE-UP
THE GAME IS USUALLY PLAYED WITH THREE PEOPLE. ONE
PLAYER IS AT BAT, ONE IS THE PITCHER AND THE OTHER
PLAYS THE FIELD. PITCHER'S HANDS IS OUT. AFTER
THE BATTER GETS THREE OUTS, THEN HE PLAYS THE FIELD,
THE FIELDER PITCHES AND THE PITCHER BATS. EACH
PLAYER KEEPS HIS OWN SCORE. OTHERWISE, THE SAME RULES
OF BASEBALL APPLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-30-1970
STREET BASKETBALL
AFTER A BASKET IS MADE IN STREET BASKETBALL, THE
TEAM WHICH HAS JUST BEEN SCORED AGAINST GETS
THE BALL OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-05-1970
WHILE EATING DINNER AT YOUR KITCHEN TABLE, IF YOU DROP
A TEASPOON YOU WILL HAVE A YOUNG VISITOR. IF YOU DROP
A KNIFE YOU WILL HAVE AN ADULT MALE VISITOR. IF YOU
DROP A FORK, YOU WILL HAVE AN ADULT FEMALE VISITOR.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
KRAKOWIAK (POLISH DANCE)
LIKE THE AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; NOT GIVEN ; HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; LETTER ; OHIO ; NEW JERSEY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; GROSSE POINTE ; HARPER WOODS ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; WARREN ; JAPAN ; RUSSIA ; GRAND RAPIDS ; SHIPLE HALL ; GARDEN CITY ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLEDO ; TRENTON ; FARMINGTON ; KALAMAZOO ; CANADA ; ONTARIO ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; MAIL ; INDIANA ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT HOME ; FERNDALE ; SOUTHFIELD ; TENNESSEE ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL ; HAMTRAMCK ; DEARBORN ; MINNESOTA ; ILLINOIS ; NEW YORK ; FLORIDA ; KOREA ; WISCONSIN ; NEW HAMPSHIRE ; STUDENT UNION ; READING ; AUSTRALIA ; Sylvania ; Sterling Heights ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; OAK PARK ; SOUTHGATE ; STURGEON LAKE ; REDFORD ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA ; ROSEVILLE ; LINCOLN PARK ; TRAVERSE CITY ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; PONTIAC ; TROY ; PORT CHESTER ; SOUTH AMERICA ; BROOKVILLE ; MONTREAL ; SEOUL ; NORTH OLMSTED ; EASTOWN THEATER ; ERIE ; University of Notre Dame ; FRANKLINVILLE ; TORONTO ; TOLD AT ; TOLD BY ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON ; MONROE ; GLENVIEW ; MOSCOW ; GULLEY ; FINLAND ; HARBOR BEACH ; HOUGHTON LAKE ; Hudson Lake ; INDIANAPOLIS ; JONESBORO ; KANSASVILLE ; LEXINGTON ; MASSILLON ; MAUCH CHUNK ; MELVINDALE ; MILFORD ; NEW ROCHELLE ; NIAGARA FALLS ; PANAMA CITY ; PATAGONIA ; ARGENTINA ; RESIDENCE HALL ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE ; AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance |
ON ST. NICHOLAS DAY, DECEMBER 6, PARENTS GIVE THEIR
CHILDREN ONE GIFT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; GIFT ; holiday ; Nick ; Saint ; ST. NICHOLAS ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 6 Feast of St. Nicholas |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
Chug Song
Here's to (name) she's true blue
He's a drunkard through and through
So drink, chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug,
So drink, chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug,
So drink, chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug, chug-a-lug,
Hooray for (name), horray at last
Hooray for (name), she's the horse's ass.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW ; 1104 Sheridan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |