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DRINKING CUSTOM
IT IS CUSTOM FOR THE HOST TO POUR ANY WINE HE SERVES INTO HIS OWN
GLASS FIRST AND TASTE IT BEFORE HE SERVES IT TO HIS GUESTS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 01-30-1971
NOT GIVEN
A COLORED FARMER NEAR ALBANY, GEORGIA, WAS THE LARGEST LANDOWNER
IN THAT AREA FROM 1890 TO 1910. DURING THAT TWENTY YEARS, HE
PRODUCED THE FIRST BALE OF COTTON IN THE UNITED STATES, SO HE
WAS CALLED THE "FIRST BALE" MAN. HIS RECORD HAS NOT BEEN EQUALLED
SINCE, AND NO ONE KNOWS THE METHOD BY WHICH HE DID IT. HIS NAME
WAS DEAL JACKSON.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
I'M NOT A NORTHERN BEAUTY,
I'M NOT A SOUTHERN ROSE,
I'M JUST A LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL
WITH FRECKLES ON MY NOSE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Announcing a signature |
Date learned: 06-00-1962
POOR INK
POOR PEN
POOR WRITER
AMEN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Announcing a signature |
Date learned: 06-00-1962
INTO EACH LIFE SOME RAIN MUST FALL,
BUT A SMILE LIKE YOURS MAKES AN EXCELLENT PARASOL.
Submitter comment:
ENTRY DATED 6/6/1969 IN MARTHA POWER'S AUTOGRAPH
BOOK KEPT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN DURING THE MONTHS
OF MAY AND JUNE FOR THE OCCASION OF GRADE SCHOOL
GRADUATION.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
I LOVE YOU HEAP.
I LOVE YOU LOT.
MY LOVE FOR YOU WILL FILL TIN POTS.
14 KETTLES AND 6 TIN PANS,
2 WASH TUBS AND 2 LARD CANS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
GOD MADE THE OCEAN,
GOD MADE THE BEACH,
AND WHEN HE MADE (NAME)
HE SURE MADE A PEACH.
ASHES TO ASHES,
DUST TO DUST,
IF IT WASN'T FOR (PERSON'S NAME),
YOUR LIPS WOULD RUST.
Where learned: SAINT HYACINTH GRADE SCHOOL ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
SIGNATURES
MM[ YOURS TILL THE EAR DRUMS
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): PLEDGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
U I
R N
A V
Q U
T
PIE
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
IN A GAME OF TAG, WHEN "IT" TAGS ANOTHER PERSON, HE
MAY SAY:
JOHNNY'S IT, CAUGHT A FIT, CAN'T GET OVER IT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM PLAYMATES
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
PROVERB
TRANSLATION: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
POLISH: JAKI AJCIEC TOKI SYN.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS IT FROM POLAND.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
IN A GAME OF TAG OR HIDE AND SEEK, "IT" CLOSES HIS EYES
AND COUNTS TO A CERTAIN NUMBER. WHEN HE REACHES IT,
HE YELLS OUT:
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY, HOLLER I.
Submitter comment:
IF SOMEONE ISN'T READY, HE WILL COUNT AGAIN. THEN HE
SAYS, "READY OR NOT, HERE I COME."
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
ONE TO BEGIN,
TWO TO SHOW,
THREE TO MAKE READY,
AND FOUR TO GO.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RING A ROUND THE ROSES, POCKET FULL O POSIES,
ASHES, ASHES, WE ALL FALL DOWN.
Submitter comment: SUNG
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.523 |
ONE DAY AS I WAS WALKING
I HEARD MY BOYFRIEND TALKING
TO A PRETTY LITTLE GIRL
WITH STRAWBERRY CURLS
AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID:
MY MOTHER GAVE ME PEACHES,
MY MOTHER GAVE ME PEARS,
MY MOTHER GAVE ME FIFTY CENTS
AND KICKED ME DOWN THE STAIRS.
Submitter comment:
ACCOMPANIED BY CLAPPING
THIS VERSE IS TO BE SUNG WHILE CLAPPING HANDS TOGETHER AND
CLAPPING THEM ON YOUR LAP.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A GAME MY WIFE LEARNED AND PLAYED WITH OUR CHILDREN
IN THEIR NEONATAL DAYS:
FOREHEAD KNOCKER, (FOREHEAD)
EYE WINKER (ONE EYE)
TOM TINKER (OTHER EYE)
NOSE DROPPER (NOSE)
MOUTH EATER (MOUTH)
CHIN CHOPPER (CHIN)
AND A CHUKKA CHUK CHUK. (TICKLING STOMACHE)
Submitter comment:
WHILE RECITING, THE SPEAKER TOUCHES THE INDICATED FACE AND
BODY PARTS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM, IN MY SHOE,
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM, OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment: ELIMINATION. PUT ONE OR TWO FEET IN CIRCLE, ONE LEFT IS IT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POEM AND GESTURES
IN GRADE SCHOOL WE LEARNED THIS POEM FROM THE OTHER
CHILDREN ALONG WITH THE GESTURES:
THESE ARE MOTHER'S KNIVES AND FORKS--FINGERS EXTENDED
UPWARDS, HANDS BACKWARDS (BACK TO BACK)
THIS IS FATHER'S TABLE--FOLD HANDS AT KNUCKLES, TO FORM
A TABLE LIKE SURFACE.
THIS IS SISTER'S LOOKING GLASS--LIFT INDEX FINGERS AND HAVE
THEM TOUCH AT THE TIPS.
AND THIS IS BABY'S CRADLE--DO LIKEWISE WITH BABY FINGERS, ROCK
HANDS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GAME VERSE
MOTOR BOAT, MOTOR BOAT, GO SO SLOW,
MOTOR BOAT, MOTOR BOAT, GO SO FAST,
MOTOR BOAT, MOTOR BOAT, STEP ON THE GAS.
Submitter comment:
TO BE RECITED OR CHANTED WITH EVERYONE IN A CIRCLE WITH
HANDS JOINED. TO THE FIRST LINE EVERYONE WALKS AROUND IN
THE CIRCLE SLOWLY, THEY WALK FASTER TO THE SECOND LINE,
AND AT THE END OF THE THIRD, EVERYONE RUNS UNTIL SOMEONE
ACCIDENTALLY BREAKS THE CIRCLE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.520 |
HIDE AND SEEK
TO BE SAID BY THE PERSON WHO IS "IT" IN HIDE AND SEEK:
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY, HOLLER I.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN