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COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, ORE.
Submitter comment:
ALL MEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN A GAME HOLD OUT THEIR HANDS--
CLENCHED IN FISTS. ONE MEMBER TAKES HIS RIGHT FIST AND
WHILE SAYING THE RHYME, HITS EACH OTHER FIST IN TURN.
THE PERSON WHOSE FIST IS CALLED "ORE" REMOVES IT FROM
THE CIRCLE. WHEN BOTH FISTS OF ONE PERSON HAVE BEEN
ELIMINATED, HE PERSON IS OUT. THE LAST PERSON WITH
ONE FIST LEFT IS "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
TWO LEGS SAT ON THREE LEGS
WITH ONE LEG IN HIS LAP.
IN COMES FOUR LEGS
AND RUNS AWAY WITH ONE LEG.
UP JUMPS TWO LEGS;
CATCHES UP WITH THREE LEGS,
THROWS IT AFTER FOUR LEGS
AND MAKES HIM BRING BACK ONE LEG.
ONE LEG = LEG OF MEAT; TWO LEGS = A MAN; THREE LEGS = A STOOL;
FOUR LEGS = A DOG.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BE WHAT YOU IS, NOT WHAT YOU IS NOT. FOR THEY WHO ARE WHAT
THEY IS THE HAPPIEST BET.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK
IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD?
A WOODCHUCK WOULD CHUCK AS MUCH AS HE WOULD CHUCK
IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD.
Submitter comment: TONGUE TWISTER
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.532 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU SHIVER WHEN IT'S NOT COLD, IT MEANS THAT WHEN YOU ARE
DEAD, A GOOSE WILL WALK OVER YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Chills, shivering |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
If you say a prayer to St. Anthony when you lose something,
he will help you to find it.
Submitter comment:
Mrs. Leisner really believes this to be true. Many times
as a young girl I witnessed my mother performing this
ritual, and even now we always know when she has lost
something when we hear her say "St. Anthony help me!"
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
Keyword(s): intercession
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 00001930S
PUT A SILVER DOLLAR IN A BOWL
OF BLACK-EYED PEAS ON NEW YEAR'S
DAY. WHOEVER GETS THE SILVER PIECE WITH HIS PEAS WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK ALL YEAR.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
WHEN YOU SEE A GREY MULE, LICK THE TIP OF YOUR RIGHT INDEX
FINGER, TOUCH THE PALM OF YOUR LEFT HAND, AND THEN STAMP THE
SPOT WITH YOUR RIGHT FIST FOR GOOD LUCK. MY MOTHER, SHE'S
ALWAYS SAID THIS.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
I (SIC) THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT'S RAINING THAT'S A SIGN THE DEVIL
IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
IF THE GROUNDHOG COMES OUT HIS HOLE ON FEBRUARY FIRST AND THEN
GOES RIGHT BACK IN THAT MEANS THERE'LL BE SIX MORE WEEKS OF
WINTER. I'VE HEARD THIS EVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER. MY DATES
TO --- ARE 1951-1973.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A GIRL SHOULD NEVER WASH HER HAIR DURING HER PERIOD.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
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Game Verse
Johnny over the ocean, Johnny over the sea,
Johnny broke a bottle and blamed it on me.
I told ma, ma told pa, and Johnny got a lickin.
Ha, ha, ha
Where learned: LEXINGTON
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |