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OBSERVING SILENCE FROM NOON UNTIL 3 P.M., GOOD FRIDAY.
Submitter comment: FAMILY PRACTICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 10-23-1967
CHINESE FESTIVAL
"CHING MING" IS CHINESE EASTER. IT FALLS ON THE FIFTH OR
SIXTH OF APRIL. AT THIS TIME, WE SHALL GO TO TIDY THE
GRAVES OF OUR RELATIVES. WE BRING WITH US SOME PAPER
MONEY (WHICH IS USED IN THE UNDERWORLD), FOOD AND WINE.
THESE THINGS WILL BE BURNT AND OFFERED IN FRONT OF
OUR RELATIVES' GRAVES SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEM IN
THEIR UNDERWORLD, AND IN RETURN THEY WILL PROTECT
AND BRING GOOD TO THEIR LIVING RELATIVES, ESPECIALLY
THE YOUNGER GENERATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 5 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 6 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
CHINESE JUMPROPE
SWISS CHILDREN HOOK A PIECE OF ELASTIC OVER THREE
POSTS AND THEN DO JUMPING TRICKS BY HOOKING THEIR
LEG IN AND OUT OF IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-04-1972
BUICK
IN BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN IN THE LATE 1950S WE PLAYED
A GAME CALLED "BUICK" (PRONOUNCED AS WE PERCEIVED
A BLACK MAN MIGHT AND NAMED FOR SAME BECAUSE MORE
BLACKS SEEMED TO BUY BUICKS--"DEUCE AND A QUARTERS"
THAN WHITES). YOU WERE A "B" THEN A "BU" ETC.
EACH TIME YOU MISSED THE (TENNIS) BALL COMING OFF
THE (GARAGE) ROOF IN A PREDETERMINED ROTATION OF
PLAYERS. ONCE A B-U-I-C-K YOU WERE OUT OF THE GAME;
THE LAST PLAYER REMAINING WON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 12-00-1971 ; 00001950S
PICK(ING) "IT."
BUBBLE, BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
(PERSON STOP AND SAYS THE NUMBER).
1-5. THEN THE FIRST PERSON SPELLS OR COUNTS OUT
THE NUMBER AND THE PERSON HE ENDS WITH IS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
PICK(ING) "IT."
INK, BINK, A BOTTLE OF INK,
CORK FELL OUT AND YOU STINK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
PICK(ING) "IT."
ENGINE, ENGINE NO. 9
IF THE TRAIN SHOULD JUMP THE TRACKS
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
Y-E-S OR N-O.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
PICK(ING) "IT."
MY MOTHER HIT YOUR MOTHER
RIGHT IN THE NOSE.
WHAT COLOR OF BLOOD DID SHE HAVE?
SAY A COLOR
Submitter comment: WHEREVER IT ENDS IS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
HA! HA!
IN THIS GAME, EVERYONE LIES ON HIS OR HER BACK ON
THE FLOOR, PLACING EACH ONE'S HEAD ON ANOTHER'S
STOMACH. THE PROCEDURE IS USUALLY BOY-GIRL, BOY-
GIRL. ONE PERSON IS BOUND TO START LAUGHING.
EVERYONE TRIES TO BE THE LAST ONE TO LAUGH, BUT
USUALLY IN VAIN. THIS GAME IS USUALLY PLAYED AT
A PARTY WHERE THERE HAS BEEN DRINKING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
PASS THE ASH
A GROUP SITS AROUND IN A CIRCLE AND ONE PERSON
LIGHTS ONE CIGARETTE AND SENDS IT AROUND. ONE BY
ONE, EACH PLAYER TAKES A DRAG, TRYING NOT TO DROP ANY
ASHES. WHOEVER DROPS THE ASH MUST ANSWER ANY QUESTION
ASKED BY THE REMAINING PLAYERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
WHEN TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME:
A--"KNIFES"
B--"FORKS"
A--"SPOONS"
B--"NAPKINS"
A--"NEEDLES"
B "PINS"
THEN THEY HOOK THEIR BABY FINGERS TOGETHER AND EACH
PULLS. THE ONE WHO DOESN'T LET GO GETS HER WISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
CONCENTRATION
EVERYONE GETS A NUMBER. YOU THEN BEGIN TO CLAP.
FIRST SLAP YOUR THIGHS, THEN CLAP, THEN SNAP YOUR
RIGHT FINGERS, THEN YOUR LEFT. YOU SAY "CONCENTRA-
TION, KEEP IN RHYTHM, READY, LET'S GO, LET'S GO,
LET'S GO." THE FIRST PERSON SAYS THEIR NUMBER ON THE
FIRST FINGER SNAP AND SOMEONE ELSE'S NUMBER ON THE
SECOND SNAP. THAT PERSON MUST RESPOND WITH THEIR
NUMBER AND SOMEONE ELSE'S IN RHYTHM. IF YOU MISS,
YOU'RE OUT. THE LAST ONE TO MISS WINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DUCK, DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE
ALL PLAYERS SIT IN A CIRCLE. ONE PERSON IS "IT"
AND GOES AROUND TO EACH PLAYER, TAPPING HIM ON THE
HEAD AND SAYING "DUCK." CHOOSING ONE PLAYER,
THE PERSON WHO IS IT WILL TAP HIM ON THE HEAD
AND SAY "GOOSE," AND THIS PERSON MUST CHASE "IT"
AROUND THE CIRCLE AND TRY TO CATCH HIM BEFORE HE CAN
REACH THE "GOOSE'S" PLACE AND SIT DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): CHASING GAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
TAPPY ON THE ICEBOX
EVERYONE STANDS IN LINE IN FRONT OF "IT." THE PERSON
WHO IS IT TAPS EVERYONE ON THE HEAD, SAYING,
"TAPPY ON THE ICEBOX, ONE, TWO, THREE. DON'T YOU
LAUGH, DON'T YOU SMILE, DON'T YOU SHOW YOUR DIRTY
TEETH." THE PERSON TAPPED ON THE WORD TEETH MUST
CHASE "IT" WHILE EVERYONE ELSE CHASES HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
TAY TARA TOOSSAY OR
EVERYONE SITS IN A CIRCLE. EACH PERSON HAS A SHOE, STICK
OR GLASS OR REASONABLE FACSIMILE. YOU SING THIS SONG:
TAY TARA TOSSAY OR,
TAY TARA TOSSAY OR,
TARA, TOSSA, TARA TOSSAY ORIUM,
KAY OGYZUM, KAY OGYZUM,
KAY ZIGGY, ZIGGY ZOOM.
ON EVERY SYLLABLE, YOU PASS THE OBJECT TO YOUR RIGHT
AND PICK UP THE ONE PASSED TO YOU ON YOUR LEFT.
WHEN YOU GET TO "ZIGGY, ZIGGY" INSTEAD OF PASSING,
YOU TOUCH IT TO THE RIGHT, THEN TO THE LEFT AND
FINALLY PASS IT ON THE WORD "ZOOM." IF YOU BREAK THE
RHYTHM, YOU ARE OUT. THE GAME CONTINUES UNTIL THERE
IS ONLY THE WINNER LEFT. DONE PROPERLY, THIS TAKES
ON A RITUALISTIC EFFECT.
Submitter comment:
MY SISTER LEARNED THIS AT CYO CAMP FOR GIRLS, CARSONVILLE,
MICHIGAN IN 1966.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; CYO CAMP ; CARSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
EVERYONE STANDS IN A CIRCLE. THE PERSON WHO IS IT
IS IN THE MIDDLE WITH THE BALL. EVERYONE CROSSES
THEIR ARMS. IT THROWS THE BALL TO SOMEONE AND
THEY MUST CATCH IT AND THROW IT BACK. IT MAY,
HOWEVER, FAKE THROWING THE BALL TO SOMEONE. IF THAT
PERSON OPENS THEIR ARMS OR FAILS TO CATCH THE BALL,
DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, HE IS OUT. THE LAST
ONE TO MISS GETS TO BE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SPOONS
THIS GAME IS TO BE PLAYED WHEN PLAYERS ARE SLIGHTLY
DRUNK, OR IN RATHER GOOD SPIRITS. A MINIMUM OF
FIVE PLAYERS AND A MAXIMUM OF ABOUT 13 CAN PLAY.
PLAYERS SHOULD SIT ON THE FLOOR IN A CIRCLE; THEN
PLACE ONE LESS SPOON THAN THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS IN
THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE, E.G., SIX PLAYERS, FIVE
SPOONS. START WITH FOUR CARDS PER PLAYER, ONE OF
EACH SUIT. DEAL EACH PLAYER FOUR CARDS; THEN THE
DEALER STARTS THE GAME BY ASKING THE PLAYERS TO
PASS FROM ONE TO THREE CARDS TO THE PERSON TO HIS
LEFT. IN RAPID SUCCESSION, THE PERSON ON THE DEALER'S
LEFT, BY HIS OWN CHOICE, ASKS THE REST OF THE PLAYERS
TO PASS FROM ONE TO THREE CARDS TO THEIR LEFT. THE
OBJECT BEING TO ACCUMULATE IN A GIVEN HAND FOUR OF
A KIND (SUIT). WHEN THIS HAPPENS, THE PERSON
HOLDING THAT HAND SHOUTS "SPOONS," AND EVERYONE
TRIES TO GRAB A SPOON FROM THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE.
THE ONE WHO IS LEFT WITHOUT A SPOON IS LABELED A
-P- WHICH DENOTES THE FIRST LETTER OF THE WORD PIG.
THE GAME TERMINATES WHEN ANY PLAYER HAS LOST THREE
TIMES, THAT IS, HAS THREE LETTERS WHICH SPELL PIG.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT, MR. HOGAN, LEARNED THIS GAME ONLY ONE
WEEK BEFORE HE PASSED IT ON TO ME. HE LEARNED THE
GAME WHILE AT A PARTY IN BIRMINGHAM, MICHIGAN CONSISTING
MOSTLY OF YOUNG MARRIED COUPLES. THE COUPLE FROM WHOM
HE GLEANED THE SPECIFICS OF THE GAME ARE MR. AND MRS.
JAMES BIRNEY, ALSO OF BIRMINGHAM. THIS GAME IS
APPARENTLY QUITE POPULAR AT THIS TIME, ALTHOUGH I WAS
UNABLE TO TRACE IT ANY FURTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement C560.60 |
Date learned: 12-31-1963
BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD WENT TO TOWN./ BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN./
COOKIE BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES./ DAGWOOD BOUGHT THE EVENING NEWS AND
THIS IS WHAT IT SAID TO DO./ "CLOSE YOUR EYES AND COUNT TO TEN AND IF
YOU MISS, TAKE AN END.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-13-1970
BLUE BELLS, COCKLE SHELLS,/ EEVY, IVY, OVERHEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-25-1968
FUDGE, FUDGE,/ CALL THE JUDGE/ CAUSE MAMA'S GOT A NEW BORN BABY./
AIN'T A GIRL./ AIN'T A BOY./ IT'S JUST AN ORDINARY BABY./ WRAP IT UP
IN TISSUE PAPER./ SEND IT DOWN THE ELEVATOR.
FIRST FLOOR/ STOP./ SECOND
FLOOR-MISS,/ THIRD FLOOR-TURN AROUND./ FOURTH FLOOR-GET OUT OF TOWN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-13-1970