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BRIDAL SUPERSTITION
A BRIDE WEARS SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE, AND A PENNY IN HER SHOE FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
Remembered from childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THREE ON A MATCH
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LIGHT THREE CIGARETTES ON A MATCH.
Submitter comment:
REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
OPPOSITE SIDES OF A POST
IF YOU AND A FRIEND WALK ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF A POST, ONE MUST SAY "BREAD AND BUTTER" AND THE OTHER MUST ANSWER "COME TO SUPPER" TO KEEP FROM HAVING BAD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BROKEN MIRROR
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR INTO LESS THAN SEVEN PIECES, YOU WILL HAVE AS MANY YEARS OF BAD LUCK AS THERE ARE PIECES. IF YOU BREAK IT INTO MORE THAN SEVEN PIECES, YOU WILL HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
Remembered from childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
I HEARD THE MOON WAS MADE OF GREEN CHEESE WHEN I WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 03-20-1972
Jump-Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA
DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT UPSTAIRS
TO KISS HER FELLOW.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
(COUNT OUT)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
DONALD DUCK
DONALD DUCK IS A ONE-LEGGED, ONE-LEGGED, ONE-LEGGED DUCK.
(JUMPER JUMPS ON ONE FOOT WHILE SINGING THIS LINE.)
DONALD DUCK IS A TWO-LEGGED, TWO-LEGGED, TWO-LEGGED DUCK.
(JUMPER JUMPS ON BOTH FEET WHILE SINGING
THIS LINE.)
DONALD DUCK IS A THREE-LEGGED, THREE-LEGGED, THREE-LEGGED DUCK.
(JUMPER HOPS ON BOTH FEET AND PUTS ONE HAND DOWN ON THE GROUND FOR EACH JUMP WHILE SINGING THIS LINE.)
DONALD DUCK IS A FOUR-LEGGED, FOUR-LEGGED, FOUR-LEGGED DUCK.
(JUMPER JUMPS ON BOTH FEET AND PUTS
BOTH HANDS DOWN ON THE GROUND WHILE SINGING THIS LINE.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhyme
I scream
You scream
We all scream
For ice cream.
Submitter comment:
From childhood.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |