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MARRIAGE BELIEF
IF YOU PUT A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW, YOU'LL DREAM
OF THE ONE YOU'RE GOING TO MARRY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: CA00001943
SUPERSTITION
HAVING WET CLOTHES IN THE HOUSE ON NEW
YEAR'S DAY MEANS YOU ARE WASHING
SOMEONE OUT OF THE FAMILY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU PUT A MAN'S HAT ON YOUR BED YOU WILL BECOME PREGNANT.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
WHEN SOMEONE DREAMS ABOUT FISH IT MEANS SOMEONE IS PREGNANT.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU DREAM ABOUT HAIR IT MEANS SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
A LEFT HANDED PERSON IS THE CHILD OF THE DEVIL AND HAS THE EVIL EYE.
Submitter comment:
MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER USE TO ALWAYS TELL ME THIS AND TRY TO GET MY
MOTHER TO FORCE ME TO USE MY RIGHT HAND.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; LEFTHANDEDNESS ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU DREAM ABOUT TEETH SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Dreams Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
IF A CAT JUMPS ON A PREGNANT WOMAN'S LAP,
THE CHILD WILL BE MARKED BY THE CAT.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS IS WHY I HAVE A KITTEN AS A BIRTHMARK.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES YOU'LL GET SOME MONEY.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES YOU'LL RECEIVE A LETTER.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES A STRANGER IS COMING TO VISIT.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
IF YOUR LEFT EYE ITCHES SOMEBODY IS GOING TO MAKE YOU MAD.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching eye |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
IF A GIRL SINGS AT THE TABLE SHE WILL HAVE A CRAZY HUSBAND.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
A WHISTLING WOMAN
AN A CROWING HEN
ALWAYS COME TO A NO GOOD END.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.477 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT
ONE PERSON IS THE TRAFFIC LIGHT.
HE STANDS WITH HIS BACK TO THE OTHER
PLAYERS WHO STAND A REASONABLE DISTANCE
FROM HIM. WHEN THE PERSON WHO IS THE
TRAFFIC LIGHT SAYS "GREEN LIGHT" EVERYONE RUNS TOWARDS HIM. THEN HE
TURNS AROUND AND SAYS "RED LIGHT"
ANYONE CAUGHT MOVING IS OUT OF THE
GAME. IF ONE OF THE PLAYERS REACHES THE PERSON WHO IS THE TRAFFIC
LIGHT BEFORE HE TURNS AROUND AND SAYS,
"RED LIGHT" HE WINS THE GAME AND
BECOMES THE TRAFFIC LIGHT.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
YOUR MAMA
YOUR MAMA DON,T WEAR NO DRAWERS
I SAW HER WHEN SHE TOOK THEM OFF.
SHE PUT THEM IN A TRUNK
AND OUT JUMPED A SKUNK.
SHE PUT THEM ON THE LINE
THE SUN REFUSED TO SHINE.
SHE PUT THEM ON A TRACK
AND THE TRAIN BACKED BACK.
SHE PUT THEM IN THE TUB
AND THE SOAP REFUSED TO SCRUB.
YOUR MAMA DON'T WEAR NO DRAWERS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DOZENS ; INSULT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
RING AROUND THE ROSES
RING AROUND THE ROSES
A POCKET FULL OF POSES
ASHES, ASHES, WE ALL FALL DOWN.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
HAND CLAPPING GAME
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO MEXICO
NO MORE, MORE, MORE,
THERE'S A BIG FAT POLICEMAN
AT MY DOOR, DOOR, DOOR.
HE'LL GRAB YOU BY THE COLLAR
HE'LL MAKE YOU PAY A DOLLAR
I DON'T WANT TO GO TO MEXICO
NO MORE, MORE, MORE.
Submitter comment:
THE TUNE OF THE SONG GOES
ALONG WITH THE RHYTHM OF
THE HAND CLAPPING. THE FASTER
YOU CLAP YOUR HANDS THE FASTER THE TUNE GOES.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME
TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME
TAKE ME OUT TO THE FAIR
BUY ME SOME PEANUTS AND CRACKER JACKS
I DON'T CARE IF WE NEVER GET BACK
WE'LL JUST ROOT, ROOT, ROOT
FOR THE WHOLE TEAM
IF THEY DON'T WIN IT'S A SHAME
FOR IT'S ONE, TWO, THREE, STRIKES YOU'RE OUT
AT THE OLD BALL GAME, GAME, GAME, GAME.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
LITTLE SALLY WALKER
SITTING IN A SAUCER.
RISE SALLY RISE
WIPE YOUR WEEPING EYES.
PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HIPS
AND LET YOUR BACKBONE SLIP.
OH, SHAKE IT TO THE EAST
OH, SHAKE IT TO THE WEST
OH, SHAKE IT TO THE VERY ONE
THAT YOU LOVE THE BEST.
Submitter comment:
THE MOVEMENTS WITHIN THE GAME ARE
ALL DONE BY THE PLAYERS. ONE PERSON IS
SALLY WALKER, WHO STANDS IN
THE MIDDLE OF THE OTHER CHILDREN. THEY
CIRCLE THE CHILD IN THE MIDDLE
AND GO THROUGH THE MOVEMENTS IN THE SONG.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics |
Date learned: 00-00-1965